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I had harrington rod in 1973 when I was 16. 12 inch long 7 fused. Below...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1540845/

Discussion: Harrington rod surgery 40 years ago

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Apr 2 6:28am

clairemcl, there is a rare reaction to titanium that your surgeon may test for. Improvements to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1049261/

Discussion: Surgery for progressive scoliosis and severe spinal stenosis recovery?

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Apr 12, 2024

I had Scoliosis at age 11 which required surgery. Then had a Harrington rod surgically fused...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1298656/

Discussion: Harrington rod surgery 40 years ago

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: May 7, 2025

WELL I consented to surgery we just didnt discuss in detail his plan for me, this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/592937/

Discussion: Harrington rods and complications

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Apr 8, 2021

My case is a little different in some ways. Due to severe Scoliosis, when I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1494866/

Discussion: T5 to pelvic fusion surgery fears and recovery questions

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Jan 31 10:41am

@peggy87 Hi Peggy, You are the first person I met that has the same history (Scoliosis...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1540295/

Discussion: Harrington rod surgery 40 years ago

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Apr 1 9:59am

@peggyparker To answer your question, I never had the Harrington rods...by then they were doing fusion.....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/592607/

Discussion: Harrington rods and complications

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Apr 7, 2021

74 year old female with Harrington rods due to L1 Burst fracture in 1995 from seat...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1408193/

Discussion: Harrington rods and complications

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Oct 4, 2025

I am a polio survivor ( 1954 epidemic) and soon after developed scoliosis. After emerging from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864785/

Discussion: Harrington rods and complications

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: May 22, 2023

@gssalds You can call your local imaging place and ask if they do MRI on patients...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1276863/

Discussion: Harrington rods and MRI

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Apr 8, 2025

Moderately severe rotatory levoconvex scoliosis lumbar spine 6 mm anterior listhesis ofL4-5 Harrington rod w/ luminaries...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/128514/

Discussion: Harrington Rod and lower back pain

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Sep 9, 2017

I am going to be starting physical therapy for pain in my back from Harrington rod...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1012331/

Discussion: Harrington rods and complications

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Feb 9, 2024

I. Had surgery. In. The. 70s. I'm 56 I. Can't. Do. Anything normal. Without. Having. Pain....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/149426/

Discussion: Scoliosis - Introduce yourself and meet others

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Sep 6, 2017

You sound like my twin in male form! I would like to share my stimulator experience....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/226703/

Discussion: Has anyone tried the HF10 Spinal Cord Stimulation Device?

Support Group: Chronic Pain

Posted: Jan 5, 2021

@leilab1 My surgery to add on to my harrington rod and extend it down to my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1533916/

Discussion: Harrington rod surgery 40 years ago

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Mar 23 9:25pm

My lower back. I had already had 2 surgeries there - first time was a bone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/603801/

Discussion: Comparison of Spinal Cord Stimulators from Boston Sci., Nevro

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: May 22, 2021

@sherrym25 hi sherry. right, i've had harrington rods since 1980. on 9/22, I had an XLIF...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1433378/

Discussion: Degenerative discs lower spine, thoracic spine, neck: Fix the pain?

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Nov 7, 2025

I have either the same problem or at least similar. Muscles are tight and painful during...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1181367/

Discussion: Mid-back muscle spasms 4 times a year for 20 years

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Nov 28, 2024

Hello @david2023 and welcome to Connect. Both orthopedic and neurosurgeons can be spine surgeons, and sometimes...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/890757/

Discussion: Which Surgeon for Transverse L5-S1 and Spondylolisthesis?

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Jul 5, 2023

Cori, the big question is how many surgeries, like the one Dr.M. is proposing for you,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1370433/

Discussion: Harrington rods and complications

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Aug 14, 2025

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