Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Definitely not, Jan. The most experienced and skilled revision surgeons are now commonly operating on people with complex spinal deformities who are in their sixties, seventies, and eighties. The current wisdom has it that overall medical condition is a much more important factor to consider than is chronological age in assessing the safety of revision surgery. But surgeons are also operating on a wider range of patients who have additional medical conditions than in the past. Before he was asked to move to Washington with the Obama administration, Dr. Ondra here in Chicago was in the early stages of establishing a special program involving a multidisciplinary approach to complex deformity correction for patients with major medical conditions. It would be interesting to know the oldest age at which people have undergone flatback revision. But it is definitely a much more advanced age than yours! Best, > > > Ladies never have to tell their age but I am curious, how old do > these revisions continue until? Is there an age that they no longer > want to do revisions? My bones are getting older, sometimes I think > parts of me are older then my age on the calendar! I was 41 when I > had my first surgery, then 49 when I broke the screws and they did a > revision. I am 52 and they just did some major revision this year. > Am I the oldest one still getting current revisions? > > Jan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 With airlines being so tight lately, has anyone experienced being checked more than usual? Just being the average looking dwarf I feel as though I get picked for a physical check. The news just had a child being gone over very thorough. Just wondering Thanks Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Jack, it is all of us having a tough time with these 'checks'. I travel a lot and I used to think German security was a little too touchy in obviously no-touchy areas, but now the USA has gone overboard. Way over. My LP friend gets the extra check EVERY time we go through security. Not because he is little, but because the pins and plates and screws in his legs set off the metal detector. If you have metal, you are gonna get sent to the naughty corner! I personally do not mind the air puffers or the full body scans. The person watching the monitors is like a doctor after a few hours, they have seen so many private bits, they all start looking the same. Hey, maybe that's an idea: Hire doctors to watch the scans instead of average Joes, or phines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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