Joint fusion surgery involves fusing two or more bones to grow into one larger bone. Doctors may recommend it for people with severe joint pain or instability. Severe joint pain can occur due to ...

This section describes safety outcomes from the published literature that the committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see the ...

If you have severe arthritis pain, your doctor may suggest that you have joint fusion surgery (also called “arthrodesis”). This procedure fuses, or “welds,” together the two bones that make up your ...