Hello Question about Screws and S-2

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Hi I Had t-3 to L-1 and l3-l4 & l5-s1 Fusied in Sept 05. My Questions is the S1 screws are coming loose do they stop or do they keep coming out? Also the Chiroprator says i have a S-2 disk that moves the surgeon says i don't? Who do you believe? Thanks for your Repsonse!!! Dave

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Hi I Had t-3 to L-1 and l3-l4 & l5-s1 Fusied in Sept 05. My Questions is the S1 screws are coming loose do they stop or do they keep coming out? Also the Chiroprator says i have a S-2 disk that moves the surgeon says i don't? Who do you believe? Thanks for your Repsonse!!! Dave

How do you know the screws are comming loose? And why and the hell are you messing with a Chiroprator? Trust the surgeon.

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After my rod broke, wich I felt, I also felt when some of the screws came loose and I actually felt them making a cracking effect and touching my rod and muscles. Not fun. But you will know in time if it hurts or starts making these types of noises and sensations. Btw, you can not always see on an Xray when screws are loose, mine did not show. My rod showed a crack in it and that was ONLY after a year that the orthos started to see it, after doing numerous Xrays in that year. Did a bone scan and the non union didn't show either, so surgeons who say that they can always detect hardware and fusion failures are wrong sometimes.