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    Has anyone here had or known anyone to have corrective scoliosis sugery even when lungs were being comprised with or without a heart murmur?

    Thanks,
    Becky

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    lungs/heart

    My lungs were definitely compromised based on my pre-op respiratory tests and the cardiologist's report. I also have a slight leak in my mitral valve.
    The thing is, I got the surgery BEFORE it got worse.

    It took a good 2 1/4 years for my lungs to recover-but they did. I had lost some lung tissue before surgery from my misshapen ribs.

    A hopeful thing is that, given the room, lungs can expand. In the case of a person who loses a lung, because of lung cancer. That person's remaining lung will grow larger.

    Karen
    Original scoliosis surgery 1956 T-4 to L-2 ~100 degree thoracic (triple)curves at age 14. NO hardware-lost correction.
    Anterior/posterior revision T-4 to Sacrum in 2002, age 60, by Dr. Boachie-Adjei @Hospital for Special Surgery, NY = 50% correction

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