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Anyone have scoliosis surgery after age 60? Outcome?
Any female in 60s or 70 have scoliosis surgery and how was the outcome.
I’m a female 76 and my scoliosis doctor wants to do surgery.
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@franpat1950 I would get a second medical opinion. Back surgery is complicated enough for someone under 70 but I would imagine that same surgery for someone over 70 would be dicey. I was told, very casually by a doctor during a physical when I was around 22, that I have scoliosis. It may not be as severe as yours, but I have never considered surgery nor has any doctor ever suggested it - probably because it is not severe enough …? I will be 80 in a few months so I am sure it is not an option for me anyway. 🤷🏼♀️
I have the "C" scoliosis which laying flat for a short time gives me pain. Also, I do feel the spinal fusion L5-S1 limits my flexibility when playing sports, but after almost 12 years and at age 71, I manage.
I have talked to a number of doctors in the Phoenix area, including Mayo, and only one doctor in the Valley said he "could fix it" which none of the doctors have said so. Alarms sounded off in my head, as know how much of a game changer to not for the best, and how it would ruin my psych to be away from sports for months.
Until I am not able to play the court sports, drive, sleep decently, or walk and hike, then I would feel I am a candidate. As long as I can live and play like I do, I will stay away from scoliosis surgery. Get other opinions.
My problem is I have no life.
I am bent over and have no mobility. Walk with a cane. In Jan of 2026 had the spinal laminectomy and spinal fusion.
It got rid of the spinal stenosis pain but not the scoliosis.
Up until 73 I was fine in terms of playing tennis and pickleball. Was not bent over then. My spine surgeon wants me to keep away from surgery I’ve been getting epidurals which is no help. Still have pain on my right side running down my leg. No one has replied to me getting scolosis surgery at age 76. My scoliosis doctor explained everything to me. He is from Mt Sinai in Manhattan.he has. An excellent reputation.
@rashida
I was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 18 but I’ve always walked straight and never gave it a second thought.
Always been a active sports person. Until about the age of 70? Started getting epidurals in my lower back. For my stenosis and spondylitis. They worked for a while but then not. And then I needed spine surgery, hoping some one who has had the surgery to write back ..