Clinic and Radiologic Considerations of Fusion and Non-Fusion After Spine Surgery

Spinal fusion, which joins two vertebra, prevents abnormal movement of vertebras. Fusion is one of the most commonly used surgical interventions.Pseudarthrosis, however, is used to define the situation in which there is a no progression of solid fusion one year after solid fusion and the continuity of movement segments leading symptoms and clinical findings. If there is an insufficiency of obtaining fusion this may give rise to benign radiological symptoms to ongoing pain or severe neurologic deficiency. Although advancement in medicine is so fast, it is still difficult to diagnose, non-fusion with 100% accuracy (specificity and sensitivity). In this study it is mentioned how to evaluate the spinal fusion in combination of clinics and radiology. [Cukurova Med J 2012; 37(3.000): 126-132]