Lisa had her surgery on October 25, and is now about two weeks postop. She spent 6 days in the hospital. Her surgery was a success and hopefully will continue to be a success as the recovery proceeds. Don’t have numbers yet but her curve is almost gone and the rib hump has disappeared. The doctor was able to use an all pedicle screw construct even though some of her pedicles were quite small.
There were a couple of minor complications. One being that a chest tube was inserted for about 36 hours as a precaution because of a slight nick in the pleura around the lung that occurred during the thoracoplasty. The other being an IV infiltration that caused the PCA medication to be administered to the tissue rather than directly to the blood stream resulting in less effectiveness of the pain meds. The problem was diagnosed and corrected.
Lisa is recovering well. She is down to 5 mg of oxycodone only twice daily. She is in and out of bed, walking, using the bathroom, and climbing stairs unassisted. Her back and rib pain has subsided greatly. Her biggest complaint now is her right arm hurting. The arm pain is perhaps due to the change in her shoulder elevation and we are thinking that this will subside when her muscles begin to adjust and even out.
Thanks to the NSF and all who posted the information that greatly helped us get through this surgery.
Mark
There were a couple of minor complications. One being that a chest tube was inserted for about 36 hours as a precaution because of a slight nick in the pleura around the lung that occurred during the thoracoplasty. The other being an IV infiltration that caused the PCA medication to be administered to the tissue rather than directly to the blood stream resulting in less effectiveness of the pain meds. The problem was diagnosed and corrected.
Lisa is recovering well. She is down to 5 mg of oxycodone only twice daily. She is in and out of bed, walking, using the bathroom, and climbing stairs unassisted. Her back and rib pain has subsided greatly. Her biggest complaint now is her right arm hurting. The arm pain is perhaps due to the change in her shoulder elevation and we are thinking that this will subside when her muscles begin to adjust and even out.
Thanks to the NSF and all who posted the information that greatly helped us get through this surgery.
Mark
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