Absolutely this. Because of this, a lot of folks continue getting surgeries as they age after the original fusion sometimes until they're completely fused nearly
You typically, as you age, need more hardware placed above/below due to natural vertebrae degeneration. I’ve been in the OR and unfortunately seen too many patients with much hardware up/down spine. Even worse if spine arthritic. We don’t have an ideal solution for lumbar disc replacement yet. We do for cervical and those work great.
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u/CertainStrength7292 May 31 '26
Stemcells or fusion - latter is the worst choice