â Christian name â forename â given name. 1. 'first name'. Your first name is the name that was given to you when you were born. Your first name comes in front of your surname. At some point in the conversation Brian began calling Philip by his first name. In British English, people sometimes use Christian name instead of first name.
The intervertebral fusion cage is a large, hollow cylinder made of some type of metal, usually titanium. It is designed as a cage so that bone graft can be placed inside the hollow cylinder to allow a spinal fusion to occur between two vertebrae.
Lumbar spinal fusion is surgery to join, or fuse, two or more vertebrae in the low back. Spinal fusion is major surgery, usually lasting several hours. There are different methods of spinal fusion. 1  Bone is taken from the pelvic bone or from a bone bank.2  The bone is used to make a bridge between vertebrae that are next to each other.3  This bone graft helps new bone grow.4  Metal implants are usually used to hold the vertebrae together until new bone grows between them.here are different methods of spinal fusion. 1  Bone is taken from the pelvic bone or from a bone bank. 2  The bone is used to make a bridge between vertebrae that are next to each other.