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Spinal Fusion Failure

Spinal fusion failure can result from any spinal fusion surgery. It is estimated that more than 50% of spinal fusion surgeries are not effective. If your spinal fusion surgery has failed, your original back and neck pain will continue, and you can even experience new and different symptoms.

Spinal fusion failure occurs when:

• The spinal fusion surgery fails to alleviate symptoms
• Surrounding vertebrae/discs develop problems
• The fusion fails to take
• Metal implants, or hardware, break
• Bone grafts are rejected
• A patient experiences severe infection or other post-surgery complications
• Excessive scar tissue forms
• A patient has unusual internal bleeding or blood clots

Symptoms include:

• Continued, chronic back and/or neck pain
• Dull, aching back and/or neck pain or stabbing pain
• Numbness
• Instability
• Tingling in the back and/or neck that radiates to the shoulders, arms, and hands, or legs, thighs, and feet

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If your spinal fusion surgery fails, your condition may classified as one of several post-surgery problems encompassed by the general term, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS).

If you suffer from spinal fusion failure or any other type of failed back surgery, contact Laser Spine Institute. LSI offers gentle, minimally invasive endoscopic procedures for a range of back and neck problems, including problems associated with spinal fusion failure. Contact LSI today for a free consultation with our medical team and a review of your MRI or CT scan.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.