http://www.ors.org/Transactions/57/0827.pdf
I just skimmed this and have to run but I think the idea is to eventually remove the staples and tethers so this only applies during treatment.
Can others comment?
http://www.ors.org/Transactions/57/0827.pdf
I just skimmed this and have to run but I think the idea is to eventually remove the staples and tethers so this only applies during treatment.
Can others comment?
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."
Sharon,
I think originally the thought was to remove the staples at the end of growth, but since that requires another surgery, the philosophy changed to leaving them in. The risk vs benefit of an additional surgery to remove staples tipped the scales toward leaving them in unless they are causing problems.
Gayle, age 50
Oct 2010 fusion T8-sacrum w/ pelvic fixation
Feb 2012 lumbar revision for broken rods @ L2-3-4
Sept 2015 major lumbar A/P revision for broken rods @ L5-S1
mom of Leah, 15 y/o, Diagnosed '08 with 26* T JIS (age 6)
2010 VBS Dr Luhmann Shriners St Louis
2017 curves stable/skeletely mature
also mom of Torrey, 12 y/o son, 16* T, stable
Okay thanks for that info, Gayle.
I told my girls about the tethering... it does seem to allow flexion/extension in case they ever need fusion extension. If they need extension of the fusion and get tethered, they will lose lateral bending but they would lose that anyway with fusion.
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."
This thread is not showing up in the sub forum where I posted it for some reason.
ETA: Now it appears.
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."