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What are the pros and cons for Kyphoplasty?
Spine Health | Last Active: Jan 15, 2025 | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
My 82 year-old husband is having his second kyphoplasty later this month. The first one was two years ago for a burst thoracic vertebra T8. This one is for a new compression fracture T9. He has severe kyphosis from Osteoporosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis, but was gradually able to function pretty well after his first surgery, although it took a while. I’m hoping he will get some physical therapy afterward this time, so he might be able to recover faster and gain more flexibility. Those of you with kyphoplasty experience: have you had success with Physical Therapy? Osteoporosis medication??
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Thank you so much for sharing,
Those of you who have had kyphoplasty, what kind of physical therapy, if any, did you have afterward?
My 82 year-old hubby has been experiencing abdominal tightness/soreness ever since Kyphoplasty 4 wks. ago -- to the point where the pain has affected his appetite adversely. He still has to take a muscle relaxer and pain med every day, is lying on a heating pad in his recliner, and is not able to walk around the room but a few times every day. Have any of you experienced anything like this after Kyphoplasty surgery? I'm concerned about his slow recovery from this T9 Kyphoplasty compared to the one on his T8 two years ago.
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How did your husband do with his kyphoplasty two years ago?
I am scheduled for my first December5th.
I am 74 and have osteoporosis,
fractured to l1,l2.
Also wish I could find osteoporosis medicine that I could be comfortable with.
The side effects on all of them are awful.
Good luck to your husband, and thank you.