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Severe spinal stenosis: Would you do surgery?
Spine Health | Last Active: Feb 22, 2023 | Replies (186)Comment receiving replies
@pthaley I see that you are a new member, welcome! You do have a list of surgeries in your future and months of recovery ahead for sure. Will your cervical fusion be an anterior or a posterior approach? I have heard surgeons say they would do a posterior if there already was an anterior surgery to avoid extra scar tissue in the area of the prior surgery.
Did you find recovery from lumbar surgery to be more difficult than cervical surgeries? I hope will get relief and improvement from your procedures.
Jennifer
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Good morning. My cervical fusion will be a anterior. I seem to do well with the cervical fusions as well as the lumbar. The recovery on the lumbar is more difficult and is longer. Of course my mobility will never be the same, but I have learned to live with it. It just seems like for me, everything is wearing out at the same time.
I hope you have a good day,
Patti