Hey everyone....me again. I have my pre op on Jan 8th & Im sure I will find this fun stuff out then....BUT until then, where does the bone graph come from for the fusion...as far as where, within my body...as Im donating my own. Hip bone Id assume? And, its this typically something they do along w/the surgery or before sometime? And, Im assuming this would involve yet another surgery/scar...cuz the 2 from the anterior and posterior wont be enough, right? (pure sarcazm of course) Let me know -thanks everyone!! What would I do w/out this site?!?!?!?!?
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Lynn -30.... something
DxD @ 8 yrs old: 10* curve-no brace-no nothin'!
At age 26: Thorasic 48*/Lumbar 50*
At age 34: Thorasic 58*/Lumbar 60*
Posterior T5-L4 Fusion Jan 14th, 2009 w/Dr Tribus
UW Madison, WI Hospital
**AFTER: less than 10* Thorasic/15* Lumbar**Tags: None
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Hey, Lynn-
Mine came from a couple ribs they took in order to reduce my rib hump. That way they didn't need to whittle on my poor hips. I got my records from the hospital and read my op reports. I had a long fusion, so they used the ribs, some donor bone, some bone morphogenetic protein and some bone marrow that they aspirated from my iliac crests, but no actual bone from my hips.
What about everybody else? =)Posterior fusion T5-L1 May 5, 2003-age 43
Posterior revision, thoracotomy,fusion T2-L2 April 8, 2008-age 49
Fusion extension C1-L2 evacuation left pulmonary effusion May 9, 2008, age 49
www.buggfamily.blogspot.com
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They used the Transverse and Spinous Processes from my vertebrae that they removed to achieve a better correction. They also used some BMP to help speed up the fusion. I have a long fusion, T4 to the Sacrum.Geish
47 years old, dx at 13
+30* to the right, +60* to the left, +30* to the right
Surgery 12-13-07 - fusion from T4 to sacrum.
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=267 Pre surgery
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=268 Post surgery
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC01091.jpg Xray from the side
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1089-1-1-1.jpg Xray from the back
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Thanks Trish & Geish....so it can come from various places.....did they do it at the same time they did the actual surgery then or was it done a whole different day?Lynn -30.... something
DxD @ 8 yrs old: 10* curve-no brace-no nothin'!
At age 26: Thorasic 48*/Lumbar 50*
At age 34: Thorasic 58*/Lumbar 60*
Posterior T5-L4 Fusion Jan 14th, 2009 w/Dr Tribus
UW Madison, WI Hospital
**AFTER: less than 10* Thorasic/15* Lumbar**
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I had posterior surgery and they just snipped them off as they were doing the surgery. My surgery was close to 9 hours. I ended up wearing a brace for almost 5 months whenever I wasn't lying down or in the shower. I wasn't allowed to stand up in the hospital until I was given my brace, not that I had any desire to stand up before then. Oh, I went home on day 6 post op. It was a long, rainy, foggy, snowy, heavy traffic ride home...4 1/2 hours!Geish
47 years old, dx at 13
+30* to the right, +60* to the left, +30* to the right
Surgery 12-13-07 - fusion from T4 to sacrum.
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=267 Pre surgery
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=268 Post surgery
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC01091.jpg Xray from the side
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1089-1-1-1.jpg Xray from the back
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Geish - wow, I just now realized you have/had is a better word....3 curves huh? You look great in that post op pic. How many weeks/months out was that one taken? Wow--and home on day 6!! I wonder why I need to have anterior AND posterior??? Questions for the doc I guess......Lynn -30.... something
DxD @ 8 yrs old: 10* curve-no brace-no nothin'!
At age 26: Thorasic 48*/Lumbar 50*
At age 34: Thorasic 58*/Lumbar 60*
Posterior T5-L4 Fusion Jan 14th, 2009 w/Dr Tribus
UW Madison, WI Hospital
**AFTER: less than 10* Thorasic/15* Lumbar**
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They used my ribs. I had 8 ribs in total removed, and they used those to help fuse me.
Did anyone have their ribs grow back? Mine did, but then I was very young and I guess that makes a difference.Surgeries July 26th & August 3rd 1983 (12 years old)
Still have 57 degree curve
2 Harrington rods
Luque method used
Dr David Bradford
Twin Cities Scoliosis Center
Preop xray (with brace on)
Postop xray
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Originally posted by Qikdraw View PostThey used my ribs. I had 8 ribs in total removed, and they used those to help fuse me.
Did anyone have their ribs grow back? Mine did, but then I was very young and I guess that makes a difference.
--LindaNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
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Hi Geish,
I have a question? Why did you have to wear a brace and how did they determine how long you had to wear it? What benefit did it have and were there any restrictions they placed on you when wearing it??
And OMG!!! ribs grow back?????? How does bone grow???? How unique!!
LisaMum to Tahlia, aged 15. Fused from T2 - L3, 18/11/08.
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For my daughter, they did "Smith-Peterson osteotomies" at varies places on her spine in order to get a better correction so they used the bone from that for her fusion.
Mary LouMom to Jamie age 21-diagnosed at age 12-spinal fusion 12/7/2004-fused from T3-L2; and Tracy age 19, mild Scoliosis-diagnosed at age 18.
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Originally posted by Kitty View PostHi Geish,
I have a question? Why did you have to wear a brace and how did they determine how long you had to wear it? What benefit did it have and were there any restrictions they placed on you when wearing it??
And OMG!!! ribs grow back?????? How does bone grow???? How unique!!
LisaGeish
47 years old, dx at 13
+30* to the right, +60* to the left, +30* to the right
Surgery 12-13-07 - fusion from T4 to sacrum.
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=267 Pre surgery
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=268 Post surgery
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC01091.jpg Xray from the side
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1089-1-1-1.jpg Xray from the back
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Originally posted by LynnMarie74 View PostGeish - wow, I just now realized you have/had is a better word....3 curves huh? You look great in that post op pic. How many weeks/months out was that one taken? Wow--and home on day 6!! I wonder why I need to have anterior AND posterior??? Questions for the doc I guess......
I think some surgeons do what they know, so you get an anterior approach or a posterior approach or both. I think others do which ever approach they feel will give the best correction. I asked if I was having an anterior approach and my surgeon said he didn't feel that my back/surgery required one.Geish
47 years old, dx at 13
+30* to the right, +60* to the left, +30* to the right
Surgery 12-13-07 - fusion from T4 to sacrum.
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=267 Pre surgery
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=268 Post surgery
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC01091.jpg Xray from the side
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1089-1-1-1.jpg Xray from the back
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Hi LynnMarie,
Mine came from part of my hip as well as from the bone off the vertebrae. I don't have an extra scar on my hip, but I do have what looks like a little bump or mole where the graph came from. Some people say that the part hurts a lot, but to put your mine at ease - mine hasn't bothered me. I don't even know it is there.
I'll be thinking of you on the 14th. Oh - because of your drive back to Milwaukee - make sure you have LOTS of pillows in your car to make yourself as comfortable as possible. Make sure you also take enough pain meds right before you get in the car.
Best,
Anya"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
Previously 55 degree thoracolumbar curve
Surgery June 5, 2007 - Dr. Clifford Tribus, University of Wisconsin Hospital
19 degrees post-op!
http://abhbarry.blogspot.com
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Originally posted by LindaRacine View PostActually, the ribs will grow back if the periosteum (a membrane that covers ribs) isn't removed.
--Linda
Thats pretty cool!Surgeries July 26th & August 3rd 1983 (12 years old)
Still have 57 degree curve
2 Harrington rods
Luque method used
Dr David Bradford
Twin Cities Scoliosis Center
Preop xray (with brace on)
Postop xray
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