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@amrdubey Hello and welcome to Connect. I did have titanium plates removed from my ankle, and...
is always a risk with an additional surgery ... to remove hardware, and the insurance ... Hardware removal leaves holes from the ... of fracture until those fill in and heal ... Hardware Removal after Tibia Plateau
@constancebabe Hi Connie. It's good to hear from you! It sounds like you are doing the...
the spring of 2020 which required surgery ... I had problems with the hardware causing ... I chose to have the hardware removed ... Even though I had ankle surgery last ... relationship with the right horse can be very healing
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
@suziet Hi Suz, It's always a good idea to ask a surgeon how long after surgery...
I can tell you healing a broken ankle ... again now because I chose to have the hardware ... plates removed from my ankle, so I& ... #39;ve just had surgery a month ago. ... #39;re welcome and I wish you good healing
@web28 @jacorona I can empathize. I know from my personal experience that old dental work with...
cervical spine fusion, I asked for no hardware ... to have a bone disc fusion without hardware ... After my spine surgery was when the ... titanium plates. 6 months after that surgery ... After a year an a half of healing from
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 19 2:10pm
@jamesboots James, Hello and welcome to Connect. I can understand how frustrating it is for your...
surgeon, and a year later, I had the hardware ... removed because it was the cause of ... pain for me even though my bones had healed ... I was able to have all of that removed ... In addition to healing bones, there
@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
@richlub Even if you never had surgery, you may have tight fascia in your body that...
a year and a half later removed that ... hardware. ... I choose not to have hardware , so I ... going to take the time it takes to heal ... Nerves take a very long time to heal
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 27, 2023
@eddiestella1 You're welcome. Your surgeon is making recommendations with the best information they have available at...
In my case prior to my spine surgery ... of pain after a broken ankle during healing ... said, and that is enough to warrant hardware ... removal, but it was really my choice ... at the last minute not to cover a surgery
Posted: Aug 8, 2023
@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
@barbjo Thanks for your information. I am having trouble with ligaments and tendons hurting. How long...
it take until your ligaments were recovered ... medical boot too after the cast was removed ... My last surgery to remove hardware was ... ligaments and the surgeon said it would heal ... after the injury that I was going into surgery
Support Group: Cancer
Posted: May 24, 2022
@flyingmartini1 Hello and welcome to Connect. I think I can answer your question about spinal titanium...
add stability while the fusion is healing ... front of the spine from the prior surgery ... In my case, I asked for no hardware, ... and raising it up and attaching some hardware ... Are you looking at another fusion surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 2, 2023
@anemarie Hello and welcome to Connect. May I ask what your fear is regarding removal of...
for hardware removal isn't as bad ... as the surgery that gave you that hardware ... , and if your fracture was healed, you ... Surgery does create scar tissue, and ... Did you discuss removal of all the hardware
Posted: Jan 22, 2023
@dadcue I know seeking an answer can be tough when your doctors don't really have enough...
limbs, that could initiate HO as it heals ... can restore better body movement by removing ... fusion with only a bone graft and no hardware ... MFR and it helped relieve pain by removing ... I had also done MFR before surgery so
Discussion: Confused
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 15, 2023
@onwillowbay You have been going through a lot. It is very painful to have a leg...
the pain I had from cervical spine surgery ... Hardware and implants may cause cause ... I had titanium hardware on my ankle, ... and 6 months after the fixation surgery ... removed and I still have weakness and
Posted: Aug 5, 2022
@Hello @fishtb2000 Welcome to Connect. I had cervical spine surgery a few years ago. 3 through...
I had cervical spine surgery a few years ... was told 6 weeks for the incision to heal ... months post op, and because I had no hardware ... I imagine you may have hardware and ... plate stabilizing the spine, and can remove
@retirement75 I'm sorry you are going through this. I knew someone who went through treatments for...
for an infection in the bone after healing ... I had fixation hardware removed from ... time for several months until I was healed ... The recovery from hardware removal was ... It is healed and much better now than
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 3, 2023
@birdman518 It must feel good to have some answers. With spinal cord compression at C3, this...
surgeon couldn't promise that the surgery ... and my surgeon told me that a fusion heals ... happens, it may not be possible to remove ... I made the decision to remove the ankle ... fusion shrinks a little bit as a fusion heals
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 12, 2021
@cldmeyers A very beautiful picture. Wow! you have a lot of pain to deal with. I...
I had open thoracic/abdominal surgery ... No breakages and the hardware in my ... the strained muscles and bruises to heal ... Be patient with your healing. ... The surgeon removed the bone and did
Posted: Apr 26, 2020
@sksdl Hello and welcome to Connect. I am a Mayo spine surgery patient and had an...
It took about 3 months to heal and for ... and slept a lot which is normal for healing ... What was left is the pain of healing ... , and the last a month ago was to remove ... without hardware.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 21, 2021