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    nail polish during surgery?

    Me again! Ladies......were you allowed to wear nail polish/toenail polish during surgery? My husband gave me a spa package for Xmas which includes manicure, pedicure, masage & facial. I wanted to make use of them before the "big day" but Im hearing that they wont let you have the polish on....and Im not sure why. I dont wanna make my nails all pretty to have to take it off right away! Whats the deal with that, anyone know?!
    Lynn -30.... something
    DxD @ 8 yrs old: 10* curve-no brace-no nothin'!
    At age 26: Thorasic 48*/Lumbar 50*
    At age 34: Thorasic 58*/Lumbar 60*
    Posterior T5-L4 Fusion Jan 14th, 2009 w/Dr Tribus
    UW Madison, WI Hospital
    **AFTER: less than 10* Thorasic/15* Lumbar**
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    I had polished toenails during surgery -- no problem.
    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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    • #3
      Excellent. I didnt really understand why this may be an issue. Thanks for the reply!
      Lynn -30.... something
      DxD @ 8 yrs old: 10* curve-no brace-no nothin'!
      At age 26: Thorasic 48*/Lumbar 50*
      At age 34: Thorasic 58*/Lumbar 60*
      Posterior T5-L4 Fusion Jan 14th, 2009 w/Dr Tribus
      UW Madison, WI Hospital
      **AFTER: less than 10* Thorasic/15* Lumbar**

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      • #4
        Ask...

        You still might want to check with your hospital on this... some may not allow it. They want to see the color of your nail beds (?) or whatever as they turn bluish if you're not getting enough oxygen. Things may have changed so that this is not something they require anymore, or it may differ from hospital to hospital. But that is what the "no polish" comments are based on... Best wishes!
        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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        • #5
          Lynn,

          The instruction book from my surgeons office said no nail polish.
          __________________________________________
          Debbe - 50 yrs old

          Milwalkee Brace 1976 - 79
          Told by Dr. my curve would never progress

          Surgery 10/15/08 in NYC by Dr. Michael Neuwirth
          Pre-Surgury Thorasic: 66 degrees
          Pre-Surgery Lumbar: 66 degrees

          Post-Surgery Thorasic: 34 degrees
          Post-Surgery Lumbar: 22 degrees

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          • #6
            I talked to the docs office this afternoon and the nurse said to talk to the doc at my pre-op, but the reason for the no fingernail polish is so they can place the finger thing on for your oxygen reading. Makes sense....Im still going to ask as I scheduled my mani/pedi for the 9th!!
            Lynn -30.... something
            DxD @ 8 yrs old: 10* curve-no brace-no nothin'!
            At age 26: Thorasic 48*/Lumbar 50*
            At age 34: Thorasic 58*/Lumbar 60*
            Posterior T5-L4 Fusion Jan 14th, 2009 w/Dr Tribus
            UW Madison, WI Hospital
            **AFTER: less than 10* Thorasic/15* Lumbar**

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            • #7
              If you get a french manicure or something really light it should work. (former paramedic here), only dark and opaque colors keep the pulse ox sensor from picking up. A french manicure would be ideal. Fire engine red is out, a soft pink might be OK.
              35 years old. Boston braced from age 11-16. S curve 37* thoracic, 29* lumbar. Right arm, right sided thorax pain.

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              • #8
                I had my toe nails painted when I went into surgery. When I came out my polish was gone.
                25 years old
                double 70+ degree curves before surgery
                Anterior on 11/11/08
                Posterior on 12/2/08 with titanium rods
                nearly perfect correction
                fused t-10 to pelvis
                with a hemi-vertebral osteotomy at L4

                Broke right rod at L4-L5 on 06/26/09
                Broke left rod on 10/24/09
                Revision surgery on 11/5/09 with vitallium rods
                Broke both rods again

                Had posterior than anterior revisions on 03/11 at the Twin Cities Spine Center
                Declared "FUSED" on 12/6/11

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