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Descriptor English:   Spinal Fusion 
Descriptor Spanish:   Fusión Vertebral 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Fusão Vertebral 
Synonyms English:   Fusion, Spinal
Fusions, Spinal
Spinal Fusions
Spondylodeses
Spondylosyndeses
Spondylodesis
Spondylosyndesis  
Tree Number:   E04.555.100.700
Definition English:   Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not use /util except by MeSH definition; X ref SPONDYLODESIS is found largely in lang of Germanic family as synonym for X ref SPONDYLOSYNDESIS
See Related English:   Laminectomy
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ED education
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
RH rehabilitation ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   13506 
Unique Identifier:   D013123 

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