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Adult Scoliosis: What is surgery like? Outcomes? Recovery?
I am 59 years old and just met with a neurosurgeon at Mayo who is recommending scoliosis surgery from T10 to S1. I would love to hear from anyone who has either had scoliosis surgery or decided to not. I have end stage degenerative disc disease complicating things. Surgery would also address structural issiwa feom that
Outcomes? How and why you made decision. Recovery? Anything you might be willing to share. Thank you.
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I am 79 years old and have severe scoliosis and spinal stenosis. I am in pain every day, however UI would not consider surgery on my spine. I know several people who are worse off after this kind of surgery than they were before it. The slightest error by the surgeon and your life is changed forever. If you can possibly live and enjoy life without the surgery, I would advise you to do so. But if you decide on surgery, find the best surgeon in the country even if you have to fly across the nation to do so.
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3 ReactionsI just posted this here on something similar:
"I suggest seeing a couple more Spinal Surgeons. I saw 4. They all had a different idea - from nothing to fusing my entire back! Get more info. I was VERY pleased with my L3,4, 5 fusion and got my life back. It should all depend on something simple like an xray! Believe it or not. A good orthopedic spine surgeon can see about everything he needs to know from an xray. I will need more surgery but I had wanted to keep my mobility so we "settled" on what worked best for me. Its been 8 years. Happy as a clam. If you can get to UCSD orthopedics, they are tremendous!"
I have degenerative disc disease and I have scoliosis. My surgery repaired some of both. I am a big proponent of surgery IF you have done your due diligence, researched and tried everything and gotten several opinions. Once the correct doctor entered my life the decision was a piece of cake!