Re: Re: anyone had hardware chiseled out

[Guest guest]

At 12:37 PM 08/27/2004 -0400, Buttonjo@... wrote:

>Dear ,

>I thought (and certainly could be completely misinformed) that having the

>bone grow around the hardware would be a sign of fusion-a good sign and

>therefore

>not an uncommon occurrence. Looking forward to having others here fix this

>perception I have if I'm off the chart.

>Jolene

I guess I'm thinking the screws and bolts and things are more like a

scaffolding--it holds your spine in place while the fusions fuse.

After they do, you don't really need the hardware (if I'm right, instead of

putting body casts to hold you in place, they now put hardware internally

to do that while you fuse.)

Some doctors don't think you should leave the hardware in the rest of your

life, in case you have problems later (and after all, it's a foreign

body). Pins come loose, and in my case, they w ere too close to my skin

(when I leaned back in a chair, it hurt), and too close to nerves (causing

pain.)

My doctor said usually you just unscrew everything and take it out.

[Guest guest]

Hola and Jolene

I must admit I am with Jolene on this one, I was told that once the rod is

inserted the bone graft taken from the hip is inserted and then left to grow

around the rod and spine and as you say Jolene, is a sign of good fusion.

Nutty

Re: anyone had hardware chiseled out

Dear ,

I thought (and certainly could be completely misinformed) that having the

bone grow around the hardware would be a sign of fusion-a good sign and

therefore

not an uncommon occurrence. Looking forward to having others here fix this

perception I have if I'm off the chart.

Jolene

[Guest guest]

I was happy about having the rods, but now I'm forestrated form the idea what

mah happen in the future.

..

Heba

Buttonjo@... wrote:

Dear ,

I thought (and certainly could be completely misinformed) that having the

bone grow around the hardware would be a sign of fusion-a good sign and

therefore

not an uncommon occurrence. Looking forward to having others here fix this

perception I have if I'm off the chart.

Jolene

[Guest guest]

At 01:47 PM 08/28/2004 +0200, you wrote:

>Hola and Jolene

>

>I must admit I am with Jolene on this one, I was told that once the rod is

>inserted the bone graft taken from the hip is inserted and then left to

>grow around the rod and spine and as you say Jolene, is a sign of good fusion.

>

>Nutty

Well, in the 1960's Dr. in SF. took bone from my hip, but in

2000/2001, it was " cadaver bone " , and bone from my rib. I never had the

harrington rod, because in 83, I had a baby to take care of, and couldn't

have the surgery (thank goodness). In 2000/2001, Dr. Hu put rods and

screws in.

And nobody said anything about bone growing around the hardware. I thought

the fusions were bone between the vertibrae, with or without hardware.

in Oakland