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The surgeon probably has a particular reason why they want to remove the old hardware. In...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1178493/
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
@jong I don't think there is an exact way to correlate your current condition with your...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1139055/
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
@jenniferhunter I just found this thread. I have broken both ankles separately, and am currently recovering...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1126838/
ankles separately, and am currently recovering ... Both required surgery with hardware. ... The first one healed perfect, it just
@kwolverton62 I have cervical/lumbar congenital spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, cervical myelopathy (spinal cord compression injury)...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1107455/
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.
@karen1103 I was also terrified of spine surgery. It was only a single level cervical fusion,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1073857/
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
@wisco50 Most people don’t react to titanium implants, but some do. No metals are pure, they...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1066666/
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
@mikaylar I am and ACDF patient myself and had a very good outcome. My surgery was...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1049730/
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
@anoyymous123 I understand what you are saying. If hardware is placed externally on the spine, it...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1045924/
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...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/987370/
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...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859362/
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
@jraffuel Hello and welcome! I can understand your disappointment with a setback during your recovery. Of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/815550/
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.
Yes, I had similar situation with surgery L4-S1 ALIF & PLIF 360 fusion and after affects....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/802545/
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
@sandyzc You do have an extensive story. I know spine surgery has improved a lot in...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/773630/
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
@lucky77 Welcome to Connect. I appreciate your detailed explanation and questioning of what is wrong and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/770021/
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
@hat My , you have been through a lot. Is your husband recovered enough so you...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/764261/
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
@don34 Don, along with my fellow mentor, John, I welcome you to Connect. I had so...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/715117/
I had mine removed 9 months ago. ... fracture happened 2 years ago with surgery ... During my healing after surgery it felt ... new ones made since the injury and surgery ... relieve tightness and scar tissue after surgery
@amberrose I don't know if minimally invasive surgery is possible for decompression of the spinal cord....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/668190/
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
@johnbishop I don’t mind sharing at all, but do want to preface my response with two...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/646692/
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
@ray666 Detail is good. Other opinions are useful in a few ways. You may get several...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/629216/
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
My injury will be a year in two weeks. I’m back in PT, but I’m starting...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/615887/
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
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