Hi, I am new at posting but have been reading for over a year now. After advancing 3 more degrees in the past year (I'm now at 75 *-thoracolumbar) I've decided the fear of being doubled over in 10 more years scares me more than this huge surgery! Plus at 54, the odds of staying healthy are diminishing! Anyway, my surgery is scheduled for 8/5/08 (after my son's wedding in June) with Dr. Shelokov in Plano, TX.
Has anyone had 3 incisions with their surgery? They are proposing the left flank, the back (of course) and the lower abdominal area, all for better access to the vertebrae. He will be fusing T-9 to the sacrum, so maybe that's why. I didn't really ask him, but I need to.
Reading everyone's experiences has helped so much already.
Thanks,
Betsy
Has anyone had 3 incisions with their surgery? They are proposing the left flank, the back (of course) and the lower abdominal area, all for better access to the vertebrae. He will be fusing T-9 to the sacrum, so maybe that's why. I didn't really ask him, but I need to.
Reading everyone's experiences has helped so much already.
Thanks,
Betsy
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