Hi,
It's been 3 weeks since I had L4-S1 fusion for sagittal plane deformity at Shriners Hospital in Portland:
L4-L5 Spondylolisthesis
blocked/hemivertebrae L4-L5 which caused congenital thoracic scoliosis to the left at around 14 years of age. yes it's rare to have scoliosis to the left usually due to other spinal cord injuries
Procedure performed:
L4-S1 fusion with extension wedge osteotomy+verbrectomy L4-L5, S1 with titanium rods and 6 screws. Illac crest(hip) bone graft
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I know it's kind of different than most of you guys/girls because Dr. Krajbich didn't have time to correct my congenital scoliosis and this type of case not alot of people have.
The only complaint is from day 1 postop my left thigh the left side muscles and right thigh the right side muscles are like numb/hypersensitive/weak. Especially my left thigh.. I could hardly put weight and stand up until 5 days postop. Now i can put weight no problem just that the feeling of numb/hypersensitive/weakness is still there. When i touch that area it hurts. and would like to know if there's others that have the same problem. Not sure if it's due to osteotomy or because I'm fused to the sacrum(S1).
If you guys have any questions please feel free to reply to this thread or contact me. I'm from Vancouver, BC and I see there's some Canadians in the forum.
It's been 3 weeks since I had L4-S1 fusion for sagittal plane deformity at Shriners Hospital in Portland:
L4-L5 Spondylolisthesis
blocked/hemivertebrae L4-L5 which caused congenital thoracic scoliosis to the left at around 14 years of age. yes it's rare to have scoliosis to the left usually due to other spinal cord injuries
Procedure performed:
L4-S1 fusion with extension wedge osteotomy+verbrectomy L4-L5, S1 with titanium rods and 6 screws. Illac crest(hip) bone graft
--------------------------
I know it's kind of different than most of you guys/girls because Dr. Krajbich didn't have time to correct my congenital scoliosis and this type of case not alot of people have.
The only complaint is from day 1 postop my left thigh the left side muscles and right thigh the right side muscles are like numb/hypersensitive/weak. Especially my left thigh.. I could hardly put weight and stand up until 5 days postop. Now i can put weight no problem just that the feeling of numb/hypersensitive/weakness is still there. When i touch that area it hurts. and would like to know if there's others that have the same problem. Not sure if it's due to osteotomy or because I'm fused to the sacrum(S1).
If you guys have any questions please feel free to reply to this thread or contact me. I'm from Vancouver, BC and I see there's some Canadians in the forum.
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