Does anyone know if vertebral stapling & veptr rods are ever used for the first time on 12 year olds? My son has congenital scoliosis & we are facing spinal fusion surgery within the next couple of months & I keep hoping to find something better than fusion for him. If we have to do the fusion (probably starting anywhere from T4 to T6 & going down to L3 or L4), we will. We even have a couple of surgery dates with two different doctors here in Seattle. But I'd like to put it off for longer than we presently can if possible. My son's curves are T45 & L60-65 & 3 surgeons have recommended surgery ASAP. But for weeks now I've been reading on this forum about all these innovative procedures. For some reason I haven't felt they were applicable to my son but now I'm changing my mind. There's a woman on this forum (Carmell) whose son is the same age as my son & her son has the veptr rods. Maybe they would work for my son too? My son is only 4'9 1/2" tall & fusion would stunt his growth... anyway he's still so young for it.
If anyone has any information about this I'd really appreciate you sharing it. If someone could recommend some doctors or hospitals I could contact about finding out if my son would qualify for either of these procedures, that would be amazing. Thanks for any answers anyone has!
Laurie
If anyone has any information about this I'd really appreciate you sharing it. If someone could recommend some doctors or hospitals I could contact about finding out if my son would qualify for either of these procedures, that would be amazing. Thanks for any answers anyone has!
Laurie
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