A nerve root compression is usually treated conservatively with medications with or without nerve root injection. If the relief is incomplete following conservative procedures that a surgical treatment can be advised. Surgery for nerve root compression usually in the form of decompression with or without diskectomy, but in cases where the spine is unstable or the surgery in itself will lead to instability of the spine, a fusion surgery of that level may be needed to be performed. A fusion surgery is performed by use of screws and rods and bone grafting so as to achieve fusion.