Question 1
What is the procedure in which the physician incises and removes a portion(s) of the vertebral segment(s) to realign the spine to correct a spinal deformity?
◦ fusion
◦ spinal instrumentation
◦ arthrodesis
◦ spinal osteotomy
Question 2
The surgical fusion of a joint so that it no longer moves is called
◦ arthrodesis
◦ fusion
◦ spinal osteotomy
◦ spinal instrumentation