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Who has had successful fusion surgery that has osteoporosis?
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Hi @annie1 - just wanted to let you know that I moved your post to this discussion so that you could talk with others who've had fusion surgery who also have osteoporosis:
- Who has had successful fusion surgery that has osteoporosis? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/who-has-had-successful-fusion-surgery-that-has-osteoporosis/
Have the surgeons you've seen commented on why they think you are experiencing the calf muscle throbbing when walking? If so, what did they say?
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@lisalucier
Actually that was me that started that discussion a month or so ago. I'm going to put another question out to everyone. I think it's probably necessary for a surgeon to want you to have a dexa scan and CT scan if you have osteoporosis before fusion surgery? I read in a NIH research article that are in HU. That stands for hounds field units I think and is much more precise than the dexa scan. I already had bad luck just with a laminotomy and I think it's because of my osteoporosis. I got a pars fracture from the surgery. I don't want to risk anymore things going wrong because of my osteoporosis.
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@lisalucier
Going on for 7 years already but they said it was probably from the stenosis compressing the nerves. Recently one surgeon wanted me to get some kind of vascular test which I have to do. As far as the osteoporosis discussion let me look into that I might have been the one who posted that actually.