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Sorry to hear that your recovery is not going well after removing the ankle hardware and...
your recovery is not going well after removing ... the ankle hardware and the wound is ... comments by other members on "hardware ... removal surgery not healing" - ... search=hardware%20removal%20surgery%
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
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Does pmr slow down healing?
Does pmr slow down healing? ... I recently had surgery on my ankle to ... remove hardware that had been placed ... Now my incisions are not healing.
Last active: Nov 21, 2024
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Pain and healing time after removal of femur in hip
Pain and healing time after removal ... I had hip replacement surgery in November ... So am having all hardware removed next ... pain after it heals? ... possible down the road to try replacement surgery
Last active: Aug 4, 2022
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Lumbar hardware removal due to osteomyelitis
Lumbar hardware removal due to osteomyelitis ... Herniated discs have always meant surgery ... response from neurosurgery was, “ we remove ... hardware all the time”. ... Sure this would be healed on the outside
Support Group: Spine Health
Last active: Jul 5, 2023
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Tibial Nail Complications- attached image to see hardware
Complications- attached image to see hardware ... beginning of my injury to show how the hardware ... that everything still needed time to heal ... begin to de-load my leg to let this heal ... there appear to be any issues with hardware
Last active: Jan 9 12:09am
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13 knee surgeries
13 knee surgeries ... infected so 10 days later I was back in surgery ... femur plus spacer had crumbled had 3 surgery ... was for rod to be inserted until it healed ... and then remove it and put in new hardware
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Last active: Aug 25, 2022
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Hi friend. I'm in a similar situation. I was fused from L1 to L4 at age...
to take out the old hardware, then ... to remove that hardware and instead ... had to reopen my scar on my back to remove ... I wish you the most healing hug. ... street, I know you can continue to heal
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@amnorris I hope you find a surgical solution that is right for you. Surgery is a...
Surgery is a lot to recover from and ... just a donor bone disc so I have no hardware ... I had that hardware removed after I ... was healed. ... Spinal hardware is usually considered
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 10 4:04pm
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My implants and teeth are Zirconium which is a ceramic that does not have metal in...
I've also been through spine surgery ... at Mayo to be done without hardware ... I stayed in a neck brace while it healed ... my thyroid condition improved after removing ... When I came to Mayo for spine surgery
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@303wendy Thank you for your excellent post! It is hard to be a patient with a...
I made the decision to remove all 4 ... Getting titanium hardware plates to ... sensitizing me. 6 months after my ankle surgery ... recovery with my ankle was enough healing ... In healing, it does form a seal around