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  • #1

    Pre and Post Op X-rays

    I Just wanted to show everyone my Pre and Post op x-rays, I am so happy with the correction it makes everything we go thru worth while.
    Patty 51 years old
    Surgery May 23, 2007(43 Birthday)
    Posterior T3- L4
    Pre surgery curves
    T-53degrees
    L-38degrees
    and a severe side shift to the right.
    Post surgery curves
    Less than 10 degrees
    Surgery April, 2006
    C4 - C6
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  • #2
    Super!!!

    Thanks so much for sharing! You look amazing now. I know you must be thrilled. Best wishes on your continued recovery. Take care!
    71 and plugging along... but having some problems
    2007 52° w/ severe lumbar stenosis & L2L3 lateral listhesis (side shift)
    5/4/07 posterior fusion T2-L4 w/ laminectomies and osteotomies @L2L3, L3L4
    Dr. Kim Hammerberg, Rush Univ. Medical Center in Chicago
    Corrected to 15°
    CMT (type 2) DX in 2014, progressing
    10/2018 x-rays - spondylolisthesis at L4/L5 - Dr. DeWald is monitoring

    Click to view my pics: pics of scoli x-rays digital x-rays, and pics of me

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    • #3
      Wow, you are straight as an arrow! Congratulations!
      Chris
      A/P fusion on June 19, 2007 at age 52; T10-L5
      Pre-op thoracolumbar curve: 70 degrees
      Post-op curve: 12 degrees
      Dr. Boachie-adjei, HSS, New York

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      • #4
        Patty,
        Those xrays are amazing! Glad to hear that you are happy with your "new" back. Continued best wishes for a smooth recovery!
        Lori

        Mom to Christopher, age 17, Mark, 13, Heather, 10 and Michael, 8
        Chris had surgery with Dr. John Flynn at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on December 12, 2007. He is fused T4 to L4.
        Dr. Flynn is an AMAZING surgeon!

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        • #5
          OMG, Patty!

          Your doctor is a genius! that is absolutely amazing! I don't think I've seen that big of a lumbar curve, or it sure looked bigger than most to me.... congratulations sweetie...
          Lisa age 47
          T curve 69 degrees
          L curve 40 degrees more or less - compensatory
          fused to from T-3 to sacrum
          anterior and posterior surgeries completed June 1, 2007
          pushing hard in recovery !!

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          • #6
            Dang, I think those are some of straightest post-ops I have seen! You must be ecstatic. Congratulations!
            31 year old female
            55* (day of surgery) thoracic curve w/compensatory lumbar
            T4-T12 on Aug 15, 2007
            MRI, pre-surgery
            Xray, 3 mos. post-op
            Machu Picchu, 8 mos. post-op

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            • #7
              Your results are amazing! Could you make yourself "straight" or were you always tilted to the side? I have a similar shift, but it's not as bad as yours. I stand shifted a lot because it's actually more comfortable than standing "straight".
              Chemist, 30

              1998- 18 degrees
              2003- 33 degrees
              2005- 37 degrees
              2006- 44 degrees
              May 2007- 47 degrees
              December 2007 - 50 degrees X-ray

              Surgery May 27, 2008
              Fused T1 to L2
              Curve corrected to 15 degrees X-ray

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              • #8
                Patty,

                All I can say is WOW!!! I hope you feel as good as you look. I'm so happy for you!!!

                Shari

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                • #9
                  Thank you all for the kind responses. I was totally amazed when I saw the x-ray for the first time I had the PA print me a copy in the hospital it was the only thing that put a smile on my face the first several weeks. At my pre op, the Dr. said we would be lucky to get the curves down to25 or 30 degrees and balanced. When I went for a post op appt. he had a new Dr. come in and he was just as shocked as I was.


                  Briarrose,

                  I could stand up straighter up until 18 months before the surgery The pain just got to bad and I guess the muscle took over.
                  Patty 51 years old
                  Surgery May 23, 2007(43 Birthday)
                  Posterior T3- L4
                  Pre surgery curves
                  T-53degrees
                  L-38degrees
                  and a severe side shift to the right.
                  Post surgery curves
                  Less than 10 degrees
                  Surgery April, 2006
                  C4 - C6

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                  • #10
                    That's great, Patty! Your spine must have been very flexible to get such a good correction and especially considering the severe shift you had. As you said, it makes it all worth it when you see the finished results. Good healing to you.

                    Chris

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                    • #11
                      Congratulations on such a wonderful correction! It is truly amazing that all of us are benefiting from the advances in technology and the skills of our talented surgeons. Do you feel like everything in your body has been rearranged?

                      Best wishes for an uneventful recovery,
                      Linda
                      Linda
                      Two-stage A/P fusion T6-S1 with lumbar implants June 12 & June 27, 2007 at age 57
                      S curve 75+ degrees with kyphosis
                      Now 45 degrees and standing 3 inches taller!
                      Dr. Frank Rand, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston

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