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Originally Posted by aznativ I have posted here on and off, I am 3 days post op for a hardware removal at c4-6, and a new acdf c6-7 with plating, donor bone. My surgery took 3 hours, because of the previous scar tissue but i feel great all things considered. The one thing that is worrying me is surgeon said if my arm/chest pain don't improve with this surgery, then my stenosis needs to be addressed and next decision is whether to pursue a posterior lamniectomy (sp) and need to cross the thoracic junction? Is that bad?
Anyone here gone the similar route, tried the acdf's then ended up with the laminectomy? Thanks and be well. |
Hey Az,
Hate to see you worrying 3 days out, but I know how it goes.
You and your Dr.(s) know your situation and I don't. But it sounds as if your MRI indicated the possibility of some posterior issues. I wouldn't get yourself too stressed right now, because all sorts of things can show up on an MRI that do not require treatment.
I do know that the posterior ligament "buckling" into the space of the spinal cord is not uncommon. The surgeons can reach the foraminal areas, where the nerves actually vent off the spinal cord, from the front (anterior). Also, if there are bone spurs or disc issues creating spinal cord problems, they can be addressed anteriorly. But there's only one way to get to that posterior ligament.
Feelbad (Marcia) knows a great deal about the spinal cord tracts. It's pretty complex stuff. I don't know how your symptoms would correlate to posterior spinal cord tracts, but maybe Marcia or someone else knows something.
One of my fellow NS patients sharing the hospital suite had had the posterior procedure done the same day as my surgery. He had had the anterior procedure about eight months earlier. He was probably in his late sixties/early seventies and was doing well and in good spirits the next day. Although, obviously, these procedures aren't fun for anyone.
Hoping your recovery has as few bumps as possible!
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