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@suev Thank you so much for your kind words. My surgeon loved his portrait and the...
would be difficult to remove if there ... After a year and a half of healing, ... I had the surgical plates removed and ... I am glad I chose to do spine surgery ... without hardware.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 9, 2023
I have been reading through these posts and thank you guys for telling your experiences, because...
have diaphragm palsy so anything that remotely ... Sometimes (unless it was major surgery ... chopped into my spine or put tons of hardware ... because it hurt, and eventually it healed ... circumstances, so priority one was to remove
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 30, 2023
OMgosh, you have really been through it, haven't you. I picked up on your post as...
'm wondering if the failure to remove ... ALL the hardware from your knee was ... I needed correction surgery and my ortho ... replaced all components used in the first surgery ... That would include delayed wound healing
@janetokin Hello and welcome to Connect. Here we can share our experiences in spine care. I...
I am a cervical spine surgery patient ... was titanium, and I did have that removed ... after my ankle healed. ... equate that with a metal allergy, but removing ... should be removed?
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 21, 2023
@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
@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
@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
@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
@cbove2 Hello, I am a Mayo cervical spine surgery patient. May I ask a bit about...
Hello, I am a Mayo cervical spine surgery ... I have no hardware; only a donor bone ... Motion preserving hardware can fail. ... Fusion healing and bone growth takes ... I had them removed after I had healed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 31, 2022
@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
Nevro is an electronic stimulator inserted in the fat of your upper buttocks, with an electrical...
insertion was so painful I had it removed ... last lumbar fusion L-1-S-1 and new hardware ... So now its just a matter of time to heal ... up from this very major surgery. ... I feel much better about the surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 18, 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
Hi! I had a Proximal TPF approximately 11 weeks ago. My ortho doc said bones look...
damage that could take up to a year to heal ... such as going up or down stairs and remove ... possibility of going through another surgery ... have seen all positive results from hardware ... removal.
Posted: Mar 1, 2020
@amywood20 I had an ACDF at Mayo, and I asked that question, and they told me...
patients who don't fuse after surgery ... will be pain and exhaustion after surgery ... deadline when you think you should be recovered ... My pain before surgery from my spine ... months because I had a fusion without hardware
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 4, 2019
@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: Melanoma & Skin Cancer
Posted: May 24, 2022
@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
Hi, I was wondering if you ever had your hardware removed. My tibial plateau fracture surgery...
was wondering if you ever had your hardware ... removed. ... My tibial plateau fracture surgery was ... doctor says it’s probably not the hardware ... but the x-ray shows the the bone healed
Posted: Feb 23, 2019
Hi Martin: Thanks for more interesting stuff. I've been using the cast protectors to shower for...
As time went on and they refused to heal ... Once that was finally diagnosed, they removed ... had infiltrated the bones beyond the hardware ... free, the temporary place holder was removed ... A nerve block from the first TKA surgery
Support Group: Skin Health
Posted: Feb 5, 2016