I was told by my surgeon that during my surgery, I had osteotomies and laminectomies done. Since healing, I have noticed I don't have any of the old osteoarthritis pain any more, something I expected to still suffer from, post surgery. I was wondering what if anything, was done to get rid of it.
From my Googling, it seems one of the reasons for osteotomies is to remove/halt osteoarthritis.
I am wondering if anyone else had osteotomies done and if it has removed their arthritic pain? And if so, is the relief permanent?
I was also interested to note that laminectomies are done to give more room to impinged nerves. Yet I was not given an MRI or any other test to show I had impinged nerves. How did he know? Perhaps he took an educated guess? Whatever the answer, he seems to have got it right in my case, because I have no pain whatsoever.
Just some of the things I'm still curious about.
From my Googling, it seems one of the reasons for osteotomies is to remove/halt osteoarthritis.
I am wondering if anyone else had osteotomies done and if it has removed their arthritic pain? And if so, is the relief permanent?
I was also interested to note that laminectomies are done to give more room to impinged nerves. Yet I was not given an MRI or any other test to show I had impinged nerves. How did he know? Perhaps he took an educated guess? Whatever the answer, he seems to have got it right in my case, because I have no pain whatsoever.
Just some of the things I'm still curious about.
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