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@sarxweh Have you considered getting a different surgeon's opinion about hardware removal? Perhaps a spine specialist...
removal? ... I'm waiting while my incisions heal ... I had my hardware removed and instantly ... This was not a hard surgery to remove ... If you do have hardware removed, it
Posted: Sep 24, 2021
Hello @jayjew69 and welcome to Connect. You had quite an ordeal and I hope things are...
Recovering from your surgery is exhausting ... also add that I had a fusion without hardware ... taking food by mouth again as well as recover ... from the spine surgery. ... of DVDs and slept a lot when I was recovering
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 21, 2021
Yes! I had cervical 4-5, 5-6, 6-7 done. I had excellent results for several years. However...
after rotator cuff and labrum tear surgery ... says it’s a huge operation as the hardware ... I presently have has to be removed ... thoracic spine is also herniated and surgery ... thoracic spine and the reason I’m not healing
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 11, 2021
@rjdm1 It is definitely worth the effort to travel to Mayo for surgery. They will get...
worth the effort to travel to Mayo for surgery ... I was offered surgery without hardware ... general seem to like using specific hardware ... Fogelson that the fusion heals better ... He gave that back to me, and I recovered
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 9, 2020
Is your wound doctor doing tests on the leakage? Is it lymp fluid? Or is it...
infection, did they try silver for healing ... If infection, the only course is to remove ... the hardware but that still doesn&#39 ... was the catalyst for the last three surgeries
@amywood20 I would encourage you to get several opinions about your C spine. Surgeons use different...
patients with hardware do. ... If you have hardware placed on your ... this and the fusion shrinks as it heals ... bone graft and my surgeon said it heals ... don't push too hard for a faster recover
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 9, 2019
@mlerin With stenosis, when it is bad enough and causing nerve compression, epidurals may not have...
clean out the compression without removing ... the central canal, they access it by removing ... recovery and had a fusion without hardware ... inflammation which is a step toward healing ... a better choice of fusion without hardware
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 4, 2019
I had the same surgery done on both legs back in 2017 and screws removed 2018....
I had the same surgery done on both ... legs back in 2017 and screws removed ... My right leg ended up rejecting the hardware ... Everything has healed wonderfully. ... knee became infected a week after surgery
Posted: Sep 19, 2019
@luoness, I have had spine surgery twice 2012 removing a cyst at L5 S1 which gave...
@luoness, I have had spine surgery twice ... 2012 removing a cyst at L5 S1 which ... I had surgery including 4 rods, screws ... I am in excellence shape since the hardware ... healed.
Hi Riley Dog, I had an occult subchondral tibial plateau fracture in my right knee along...
The bones had healed and it is like ... you need to, but if the bones are healed ... the hardware could maybe be removed ... Having painful hardware if it has already ... Have to go get ready for surgery tomorrow
Posted: Feb 7, 2018
@hondaman I had L3-L5 decompression and fusion with hardware in August 2024. I am 55 and...
L3-L5 decompression and fusion with hardware ... My surgery was open and very painful ... you since it sounds like they are removing ... year to feel the full effects from surgery ... and postoperative healing.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 17, 2024
I'm 71 and had a crainiotomy for one of two meningiomas pressing on my optic nerve...
home two days after August '23 surgery ... to remove any infection which did not ... infection in the bone flap from the hardware ... After that all was removed this past ... The surgeon who removed the items causing
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Nov 16, 2024
@blaira I had a bad ankle fracture 4 years ago, and I had my titanium hardware...
removed. ... All that resolved after the hardware ... was removed. ... It's another surgery, but not as ... I hope you get the healing your looking
Posted: Sep 15, 2024
@lucybunyard Dental materials and metals in them can cause immune problems. I had this situation myself...
After removal of all of these fillings ... I had that hardware removed after a ... I didn't just jump to remove my ... grafts, and surgery to place the implants ... in after a hole is drilled in the healed
@matthewpreston Hello Matthew and welcome to Connect. Ultrasonic scalpels have been discussed as being another tool...
The disc had to be removed and there ... My surgery was at Mayo Rochester, and ... and I could have a fusion without hardware ... Hardware can play a role in increasing ... fusion shrinks a little bit as it heals
Discussion: Spinal Stenosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 1, 2024
I had an L4-S1 fusion April 2023 the pain got worse but the surgeon said everything’s...
but the surgeon said everything’s healed ... I had the surgery because when I bent ... L4 replaced and fused in 2002 then hardware ... removed in 2003.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 24, 2024
@annie1 Annie, Your surgeon has to clear you for everything. My guess is that your surgeon...
While the incision is healing, they ... think they will evaluate you after surgery ... osteoporosis, and because they will have removed ... I later had the hardware plates removed ... Once you are past the healing time on
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 11, 2024
I had to journal about this to figure out why I had a meltdown about recent...
May of this year surgery to remove hardware ... It’s taken 7 months for wound to heal
Support Group: Just Want to Talk
Posted: Jan 21, 2024
@vivianne777 I know this information is a lot to unpack. I think from your earlier comment...
was for cervical spinal fusion after removing ... ." This is the same surgery I ... level, the disc between C5 and C6 was removed ... neck brace for 3 months as the bones healed ... , and did not have any spine hardware
@ajames5 First, let me welcome you to Connect. I am a cervical fusion patient. I see...
that you are about 2 months past your surgery ... Is there a plan to follow up remotely ... you will get past all of this as you heal ... but I also had a fusion done without hardware ... scar tissue from the incision had healed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 31, 2023