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[Matt_1988]

i am having more surgery next thursday to fuse the C1 & C2 bones together as my neck is drifting to the left, ligament damage & the fracture is still present after 7 months. is this operation routine? and will their be significant loss of neck mobility? im told the other bones C3 etc will take over rotation, and will not be noticable, only to me.

thanks
Matt

[Matt_1988]

thankyou for your reply, much appreciated.

Matt

[DrNavneetMD]

Hello Dear,

Anterior cervical spinal fusion surgeries are commonly done in conjunction with an anterior cervical disectomy . For many patients, cervical spinal fusion surgery (fusing one vertebra to another) is often done to eliminate motion at a vertebral segment. Decreasing the motion at a painful motion segment should decrease the pain at that segment. Achieving the fusion also serves to maintain adequate space for the decompressed spinal cord and/or nerve roots. The fusion may also prevent the spine from falling into a collapsed deformity.You need not worry and follow your neurosurgeon and go in for the surgery.
All the best