Designed by
Title
X-ray showing spinal fusion #15182947
Description
Lumbar spine x-ray of an 80 year old man who underwent a spinal fusion operation. This patient also had a kyphoplasty for compression fractures of the two vertebrae above the area of spinal fusion. Kyphoplasty is a medical procedure that attempts to stop the pain caused by the bone fracture and attempts to restore the height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra (of certain types), foll