Hi,
I'm new to this forum and have a few questions. My 15 y.o.daughter is scheduled for surgery on 7/20/05 with Dr. Boachie, here in New York. She is having a procedure where he will enter through her side and take bone from a rib for the spinal fusion. He will also be inserting some instumentation but it will only extend over the lower region of the spine. He feels that this will be sufficient to correct both the lower curve, which is the most severe, and the upper curve and rotation which he said were compensatory. Now that I have been reading many posts at this site, I see that the lumbar fusion may be more limiting than other segments. I also got the impression that this may be the area that people have the most post-surgical problems with. On the other hand, I think this procedure may be less invasive. Does anyone have any experience with this? I would greatly appreciate any information. Thanks, Lori
I'm new to this forum and have a few questions. My 15 y.o.daughter is scheduled for surgery on 7/20/05 with Dr. Boachie, here in New York. She is having a procedure where he will enter through her side and take bone from a rib for the spinal fusion. He will also be inserting some instumentation but it will only extend over the lower region of the spine. He feels that this will be sufficient to correct both the lower curve, which is the most severe, and the upper curve and rotation which he said were compensatory. Now that I have been reading many posts at this site, I see that the lumbar fusion may be more limiting than other segments. I also got the impression that this may be the area that people have the most post-surgical problems with. On the other hand, I think this procedure may be less invasive. Does anyone have any experience with this? I would greatly appreciate any information. Thanks, Lori
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