Definition: Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed)
do not use /util except by MeSH definition; X ref SPONDYLODESIS is found largely in lang of Germanic family as synonym for X ref SPONDYLOSYNDESIS
See AlsoLaminectomy
