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    what test you have during your per op for scoliosis surgery
    Kara
    25
    Brace 4-15-05-5-25-06
    Posterior Spinal Fusion 3-10-10
    T4-L2
    Before 50T
    After 20T

  • #2
    Hi Kennedy,

    I'm guessing you mean pre-op.
    Usually bloods, updated xray and ECG if memory serves me correct.
    Vali
    44 years young! now 45
    Surgery - June 1st, 2009
    Dr David Hall - Adelaide Spine Clinic
    St. Andrews Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
    Pre-op curve - 58 degree lumbar
    Post -op - 5 degrees
    T11 - S1 Posterior
    L4/5 - L5/S1 Anterior Fusion

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    • #3
      When my son went for his pre-op last month,they did blood work..Xrays,Lung Function tests..they took pictures of him (bending over,standing straight,talked to the Surgeon,The anesthesiologist,nurse..and the social worker...But this was at Shriners,so I am unsure what they do at other hospitals,but this is what they did at my sons pre-op..Good Luck!!
      Last edited by DairriensMom; 11-24-2009, 12:58 AM.

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      • #4
        Both my kids had a standing and bending radiograph two days before surgery in the one case and one day before surgery in the other.

        One has an MRI a few weeks earlier. The other didn't. I assume that was because they are identical twins and it was likely to be clear like her sister's was but I don't know that.

        That's about it.
        Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis

        No island of sanity.

        Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
        Answer: Medicine


        "We are all African."

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        • #5
          In addition to an MRI and the bending x-rays, my son also had to get a CT scan to really figure out what was going on with his vertebrae and find out if any more than "just" T10 were malformed.

          The pre-op appt. was mostly just a lot of questions. We didn't even meet with the surgeon for that appt. There was a physician's assistant asking most of the questions.

          Good luck with your surgery!
          Laurie

          Mother of Alexander & Zachary:
          Alex is 16 years old and in the 11th grade. He has congenital scoliosis due to a hemivertebrae at T10. Wore a TLSO brace for 3 1/2 years. Pre-op curves were T45 & L65; curves post-op are approx. T31 & L34. Had a posterior spinal fusion from T8 to L3 on 7/12/07 at age 12. Doing great now in so many ways, but still working on improving posture.
          Zach is 13 years old and very energetic.

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          • #6
            we useing my last x-ray from shriners
            the mri and ct scan we got in 2005.
            i'm just getting blood work done.
            Kara
            25
            Brace 4-15-05-5-25-06
            Posterior Spinal Fusion 3-10-10
            T4-L2
            Before 50T
            After 20T

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