Arthrodesis, or joint fusion surgery, fuses two joints permanently. The procedure can significantly reduce pain and restore damage, whether due to an injury or a condition like arthritis.

If you have severe arthritis pain, your doctor may suggest that you have joint fusion surgery (also called “arthrodesis”). This procedure fuses, or “welds,” together the two bones that ...

Arthrodesis is a surgical procedure used to permanently immobilize a joint. Arthroplasty is joint replacement surgery. A joint can be replaced either in whole or in part. A variety of diseases or ...

Outcome of Subtalar Arthrodesis After Calcaneal Fracture Patricia Kolodziej, MD and James A. Nunley, MD Disclosures J South Orthop Assoc. 2001;10 (3) Discussion ...

In this case, a retired Thoroughbred with a fused fetlock and pastern joint from a previous arthrodesis procedure presented with a wide, mobile dorsal toe crack. It was determined that dermatitis ...

While elbow arthrodesis is often a salvage procedure, recently published data concerning its likelihood after failed elbow arthroplasty conflicts somewhat with that viewpoint. “Elbow ...

22551 – Arthrodesis, anterior interbody, including disc space preparation, discectomy, osteophytectomy and decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots; cervical below C2 This CPT code combines ...

3. Insertion of biomechanical devices • Also know as a PEEK cage. These cage (s) are used for an interbody arthrodesis because they are placed within the disc space and reported once per level ...

Operative procedures are shown in Table 2. Average time from injury to arthrodesis was 22 months (range, 6 months to 5 years). Repeated triple arthrodesis was done in one patient who had nonunion ...