Vertebral fusion

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Vertebral fusion is the union of two adjacent vertebrae through the promotion of bone tissue to immobilise the joint. This may be practiced alone, in association with, or as an alternative to vertebral fixation.

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Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 01-05)
Skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
Spinal cord and spinal canal
Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy - Rhizotomy)

Intervertebral discs (Discectomy - Intervertebral disc annuloplasty - Intervertebral disc arthroplasty)

Vertebral bones (Laminotomy - Laminectomy - Laminoplasty - Corpectomy - Facetectomy - Foraminotomy - Vertebral fusion - Vertebral fixation)

Lumbar puncture
Cranial and peripheral nerves
Sympathetic nerves or ganglia
Other
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