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What is Lumbar Spinal Fusion?

Spinal fusion is a surgical technique used to combine two or more vertebrae. This procedure is used primarily to eliminate the pain caused by abnormal motion of the vertebrae by immobilizing the vertebrae themselves.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Doctor recommendation 5 1 Efficacy_slight
Pain in lower back 4 1 Efficacy_slight
Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Spondylolisthesis 2 0
Pain in legs 1 0
Back pain 1 0

See 1 patient currently having Lumbar Spinal Fusion

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Hospitalization 15
Numbness 1
Pain in lower back 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Lumbar Spinal Fusion (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 13   Not indicated: 93%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 7%

See all 14 patients who’ve stopped having Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Having Lumbar Spinal Fusion

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Very
 2 67%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lumbar Spinal Fusion

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 100%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 28, 2012.