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Surgical Lumbar Decompression and Fusion

ID: exh81960
This medical exhibit consists of 5 images of a L4-L5 decompression and fusion procedure. Each illustration provides the viewer with the surgeon's perspective of the operation at key steps during the procedure. Actual incision sites, instrumentation and operative techniques are recreated with attention to precise details from the particular procedure and surgeon. Images show the laminar bones being removed, discectomy and fusion implant being installed. Also, two images of bone graft and hardware one is a lateral skeletal view of the lumbar spine created to illustrate the post-operative condition with the fusion hardware in place.
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