Single level fusion is performed to permanently join one or more bone vertebrae belonging to the spine. When spinal fusion is required for level one, it is called single level fusion. The process is about fusing bones together for preventing any types of painful motion and ensuring stability.

Spinal fusion surgery time varies, depending upon the criticality of the condition. It may take more than two hours and even up to 6 or 7 hours. The number of hours it takes depends upon the total number of vertebrae that requires to be fused. Single level spinal fusion takes one hour for each vertebrae to fuse.

Spinal fusion has similar meaning to the concept of welding. It is a technique used to fuse together one or more vertebrae. Single level spinal fusion recovery time may take up to 3 to 4 weeks. For multilevel vertebrae fusion, it may take more than a year. Besides, the success rate of single level spinal fusion is quite high.