With any surgery, there is no guarantee, obviously. I was just hoping to find a few people still here who had a lumbar fusion and noted a great improvement.
Has anyone had a fusion done in two procedures? The surgeon told me that if he fused L3 to S1, he would do the ALIF one day to remove the discs and replace with spacers... then use titanium plates/screws to hold those in place. Then, the following day, he would go in through my back and put a rod with screws on each side of my spine. I "assume" this may be because I have had the laminectomy L2-S1 and he wants to add extra stability??
Originally, I had understood that the ALIF would be all he would do. So one 3 to 4 hour surgery one day, then another 3 hour surgery the next day. Sounds pretty gruesome!! Best to all! Mike