Q. What is the difference between thoracic and lumbar fusion?

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• There are 12 thoracic vertebrae and five lumbar vertebrae.

1. The fusion of the body of the vertebrae between the thoracic spine is called a thoracic fusion.
2. A fusion at the junction of the thoracic and lumbar spine is called a thoracolumbar fusion.
3. And that between the lumbar vertebrae is called lumbar vertebrae fusion.

This professional advice provided by me stands subject to the actual examination of report/image and is based entirely on inputs provided to me. It should be correlated with clinical findings. Regards.

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Dr. Sharoff Lokesh Mohan

Experience: 13 + Yrs

Orthopedician And Traumatology

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