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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: PA
Posts: 289
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: PA
Posts: 289
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LizaJane,
I think I have said this before, but if not...let me just say this....Almost all spinal surgery is "elective."....UNLESS....you are in danger of paralysis, cauda equina, life threatening situation...etc...You get the picture...then in most cases surgeons will state that the surgery is elective...I do not know why it is this way...but maybe it is because the outcome of spinal surgery is not 100% effective so for that reason maybe it is deemed "elective." Few people come out of a spinal surgery and feel they are helped by the surgery 100%. There is usually still some problem that has not been resolved for some reason...It is not an exact science...Unfortunate, but that is just the way it is...
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4/06 - Lumbar Fusion - L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, S1
Anterior with cages and Posterior with rods and screws.
8/17/05 - Cervical Fusion - C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 - Anterior and Posterior Fusion with plate in front and rods and screws in the rear - Corpectomy at C-4 and C-5 and microdisectomy at C6-7.
1/4/05 - Lumbar Laminectomy -L3, L4, L5, S1, S2 Obliteration of Tarlov Cyst at S2. Failed surgery!
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