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@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
@hat My , you have been through a lot. Is your husband recovered enough so you...
Is your husband recovered enough so ... weeks until the incision was well healed ... I had no hardware. ... I also did this at age 59, so your healing ... One thing that helped me recover well
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 22, 2022
My injury will be a year in two weeks. I’m back in PT, but I’m starting...
My Dr won’t consider removal until next ... Everyone heals differently and not everyone ... has to have the hardware removed. ... It’s a same day surgery at a surgery ... extent of the injury, pain from the hardware
Posted: Jul 12, 2021
@amberrose I don't know if minimally invasive surgery is possible for decompression of the spinal cord....
They have to be able to remove ostheophytes ... after removing the disc that is bad ... weeks, and by 6 weeks, the incision is healed ... that because I could avoid having hardware ... Often with hardware, surgeons may place
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 5, 2022
@caligirlian I can sure relate. I broke my ankle (both tibia and fibula) in a compound...
my body to stop feeling pain at the surgery ... The trauma of breaking the bones and surgery ... nerves are inflamed by an injury, they heal ... bothered me next summer, he could remove ... the hardware.
Posted: Sep 17, 2020
@faithgirl30 I am sorry your Mayo experience was disappointing. I think your physician doesn't know what...
fusion, I chose to do that without hardware ... likely have them removed next year ... Healing from surgery takes a lot of ... pattern, and what type of surgical hardware ... can be tested for surgical implant hardware
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Posted: Nov 23, 2020
@johnbishop I don’t mind sharing at all, but do want to preface my response with two...
years ago; and (2) I am in the early healing ... there and he agreed to (thankfully) remove ... the hardware. ... was successfully removed and I immediately ... removed, my upper airway was even more
Support Group: Sleep Health
Posted: Oct 20, 2021
Good afternoon @ddsack, I think you can count on it....no sharp pain. I have had TKR...
I have had TKR and 4 shoulder surgeries ... a bit more going on with the "hardware ... the "sling" immobilizer was removed ... This surgery was such a gift......it ... You will heal and be totally free of
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jun 7, 2021
@red3 Ruth Ann, that's a great question. I think there are many surgeons who will only...
surgeon said a fusion shrinks as it heals ... replacement which helps with bone healing ... to accept the bone spurs that were removed ... during surgery, and those seeded bone ... growth for healing.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 26, 2019
The only time I ever heard about screws coming loose was in the case of a...
The hardware can break and the joints ... In my case, the fusion formed and healed ... After the fusion healed, I had the hardware ... removed. ... , as it necessitates another major surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 13, 2019
@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
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.
@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 12:53pm
@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 12:25pm
@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 5:57pm
@ray666 Detail is good. Other opinions are useful in a few ways. You may get several...
opinions in agreement of the need for surgery ... different manufacturers of spinal hardware ... prefer to use a bone graft because it heals ... for me the best choice of all was no hardware ... curve correction" but that also removes
@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 7:13am
@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
@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 1:12pm