Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.

Spinal fusion fuses (welds) the vertebrae, or small bones, that make up the spine to aid with conditions like spinal stenosis, fracture, and degenerative disc disease. Spinal fusion limits movement when that movement is thought to be the cause of pain.