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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
@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
@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
@chrisanon In my decision on no spine hardware, that allows my bone to have the same...
chrisanon In my decision on no spine hardware ... the same flexibility as before my surgery ... If there was hardware attached, it would ... The incision gets tight as it heals, ... screws for awhile, but I had that removed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 18 1:23am
The surgeon probably has a particular reason why they want to remove the old hardware. In...
recurred two years after the first surgery ... screw have migrated since the first surgery ... needs to be removed. ... something I think every person considering surgery ... course of Forteo because it speeds healing
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 23, 2024
@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
@jong I don't think there is an exact way to correlate your current condition with your...
current condition with your spinal hardware ... would likely be hard to convince to remove ... more hardware. ... You are still healing and growing bone ... because it is directing energy to healing
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 9, 2024
@jenniferhunter I just found this thread. I have broken both ankles separately, and am currently recovering...
ankles separately, and am currently recovering ... Both required surgery with hardware. ... The first one healed perfect, it just
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
@kwolverton62 I have cervical/lumbar congenital spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, cervical myelopathy (spinal cord compression injury)...
levels needing decompression/fusion and hardware ... say that nerves take longer to fully recover ... /heal which could be months/years depending ... is too soon to expect full recovery/healing ... of nerves after surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
@karen1103 I was also terrified of spine surgery. It was only a single level cervical fusion,...
From here on, it was only healing pain ... takes about 6 weeks for incisions to heal ... I chose surgery with no hardware and ... anchor it, and likely can't be removed ... later on, and I was able to have them removed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 24, 2024
@wisco50 Most people don’t react to titanium implants, but some do. No metals are pure, they...
least a year for the ankle bones to heal ... before I could have the plates removed ... All the metal was removed at a year ... developed a problem to something in the hardware ... with only a bone disc spacer and no hardware
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 12, 2024
@mikaylar I am and ACDF patient myself and had a very good outcome. My surgery was...
My surgery was at Mayo with a single ... level C5/C6 fusion done without hardware ... There are many different hardware choices ... used as spacers after the bad disc is removed ... cadaver bone disc and my surgeon said it heals
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 12, 2024
@anoyymous123 I understand what you are saying. If hardware is placed externally on the spine, it...
If it is removed and there has not been ... a spinal fusion, removing that hardware ... When hardware is removed after a fusion ... has healed, the fused bone would maintain ... fusion or big deformity corrective surgery
Scullrower. Finally, someone else with an AUS. I hope I can ask you a couple of...
Revision surgery, and ended with emergency ... surgery valentines day 2022. ... Got a suprapubic catheter to let it heal ... December 18 2023 had catheter removed ... and hardware activated.
@web28 I have had metal sensitivity after receiving surgical implants, but not for spine surgery. I...
surgical implants, but not for spine surgery ... I asked for an ACDF with no hardware ... I did have all that removed and got ... time, and after a year and a half of healing ... easy or possible to remove hardware
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 13, 2023
@jraffuel Hello and welcome! I can understand your disappointment with a setback during your recovery. Of...
had a brace to wear instead, and it healed ... My surgeon told me that it heals best ... During healing new bone building cells ... spine alignment from here on as you recover ... from the surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Yes, I had similar situation with surgery L4-S1 ALIF & PLIF 360 fusion and after affects....
Yes, I had similar situation with surgery ... Had both nerve blocks and hardware blocks ... It turned out for me that tthe hardware ... successful and stable, i had the screws removed ... ask about thatt after she is fully healed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 27, 2023
@sandyzc You do have an extensive story. I know spine surgery has improved a lot in...
I asked to do this surgery without hardware ... only a natural donor bone graft and healed ... reviews online and try to have them removed ... Because I had no hardware, I was in ... takes about a year for a fusion to heal
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 15, 2022
@lucky77 Welcome to Connect. I appreciate your detailed explanation and questioning of what is wrong and...
cage for a couple weeks before I had surgery ... a half before I had it removed. ... was removed. ... about stem cell injections to help heal ... until at least a year past the last surgery