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There is no evidence that the neighboring unfused segments are loaded beyond their physiological limits due to the fusion. However, the neighboring unfused segments have to work more frequently toward the extremes of their functional ranges of motion after fusion and these effects will be more marked after a double level L4-5-S1 fusion.
Chow et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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