Most patients who undergo lumbar multilevel spinal fusion experience some degree of improvement in their back pain.
A study evaluating long-term outcomes in 101 patients with multilevel spinal fusion found:
77%
of the patients reported some improvement in back pain
51%
of the patients were satisfied with their surgical outcome
24%
of the patients needed revision surgery within 2 to 5 years due to a complication
| 19%
of the patients had a major neurological complication
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HAS ANYONE HAD A MULTILEVEL SPINAL FUSION? WHAT WERE YOUR RESULTS?