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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
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
@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
@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
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
@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
@cockatoolady Recovery after surgery to remove hardware should be a lot easier than recovery after fracture...
@cockatoolady Recovery after surgery ... to remove hardware should be a lot ... than recovery after fracture fixation surgery ... It sounds like the path to better healing ... Removing the hardware got me back to
Posted: Sep 18, 2024
@denman55 I am a 55 year old female who just had lumbar surgery to decompress/fuse L3-L5...
I did have hardware put in. ... C6 with hardware in January 2022. ... Did you do anything while recovering ... twist in a way that impacted spine healing ... anything heavier than 10 pounds while recovering
@jennylynn74 Please listen to @mitfit! I have had 5 hip surgeries, and every recovery was different....
I have had 5 hip surgeries, and every ... at 4-6 weeks- - Your incision is healed ... muscles, tendons and nerves are still healing ... and tightening up to hold the new hardware ... Good luck with your surgery.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 14, 2023
@solom174 Yes, I understand that you are recovering from surgery now. I do hope that it...
Healing after invasive surgery is exhausting ... I asked for a fusion without hardware ... is and how they recover from it and ... , and I've had the fixation hardware ... removed, I still have pain from the
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 18, 2023
kathy64, you may have surgery to remove the device. You should not have had this procedure...
kathy64, you may have surgery to remove ... It is often used with spinal hardware ... It will help heal the break and strenghten ... Of course, the surgery failed.
@victoriah Fusions were done without hardware and patients wore neck braces before the plates were invented....
victoriah Fusions were done without hardware ... It heals better with a bone graft instead ... During my surgery, the bone disc was ... Laser spine surgery is limited in what ... spinal canal, they can do that by removing
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Aug 17, 2022
@birdman518 Mitch, it is perfectly OK to vent here, and that is preferable. I have had...
experience where I had carpal tunnel surgery ... With your very recent surgery, there ... your body is exhausted just trying to heal ... the surgeon said it was OK and just removed ... correction" that would involve hardware
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 2, 2022
I was injured in 1988 and had subsequent L5 laminectomy w/ L4-S2 fusion w/ stainless steel...
BTW I was offered the removal of my ... current hardware and replacing it with ... new modern hardware in 2016 but living ... their hands so take control of your healing ... All the surgeries have most likely left
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 13, 2021
In 2014, I jumped off a catamaran in Hawaii onto the beach and my right foot...
I flew home to NC and had surgery within ... I remember seeing the X-rays of my surgery ... the hardware and he said “oh I wouldn ... he felt uneasy I think about tissue healing ... so long after surgery (8-9 years?)
Posted: Aug 1, 2021
Hi, I just recently broken my tibia and gotten surgery and doing PT. I haven’t started...
recently broken my tibia and gotten surgery ... everyone’s comments I’m worried that the hardware ... The doc said 1 year at least, but it heals ... in 2 to 4 months from the surgery. ... you had them in before getting them removed
Posted: Jul 11, 2021
Hello, I recently in the last 4 days had my hardware removed in order to heal...
recently in the last 4 days had my hardware ... removed in order to heal the bones ... to prepare for the 3rd surgery to replace ... Surgery went well. ... Now waiting for my bones to heal and
Posted: Apr 25, 2021
I too got an infection in my left TKR 2 years after surgery. The infection did...
infection in my left TKR 2 years after surgery ... The surgeon removed the knee hardware ... months in the hospital, had a second surgery ... The surgery left me with a 10 cm by ... currently on a Wound Vac to hopefully heal
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 22, 2020
@heatherm My direct experience with spinal fusion surgery is for a fusion at C5/C6. That is...
direct experience with spinal fusion surgery ... This is critical for lumbar surgery. ... critical to the success or failure of the hardware ... trauma from the surgical path and the healing ... helped take away pain after I was recovered
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 1, 2020
Hi. I had a long fusion, T4-L3, and was quite thin at that time. The hardware...
The hardware was giving me a lot of ... meds, rest, and PT, my doc decided to remove ... all the hardware. ... my fusion was healed/ intact. ... I wouldn’t recommend a second surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 21, 2019