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Lumbar Spinal Stenosis---surgery questions
Spine Health | Last Active: Aug 8 4:43pm | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your reply and explanation! I do have spondylolisthesis (one of my vertebrae has slipped, as I understand it). The MRI report said 'advanced spinal canal stenosis, grade 1 anterolisthesis of L4 & L5. Recurrent disc herniation, adjacent segment disease, disc degeneration of severe foraminal stenosis.' So that's probably why they want to go in through the front, then 'flip me over' (the way the surgeon put it!) and go in through the back. Sounds scary to me!!
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I restored from the operating room many years ago and medicine keeps advancing and advancing. New techniques are always on the horizon and every individual surgical field is so highly specialized. This 360 could be a procedure that they do quite often now, as well as other new surgical procedures.
All the best to you. This will probably be a great pain reliever for you.