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03-02-2006, 06:24 PM
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Is osteoporosis an issue in fusion surgeries which involve attaching hardware to bone?
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2001 MVA; C5-C6 disk extruded ongoing physical therapy, exercise and massage ESI's, oral prednisone, trigger point injections foraminal and central stenosis C5/C6 and c6/C7 2007 EMG/nerve conduction shows pattern of chronic radiculopathy January, 2008: Prestige ST Artificial Disk Replacement, C5/6     
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03-02-2006, 06:30 PM
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Yes. The bone is soft.. there have been some disaterous results with persons who weren't checked for BMD and fusion was done with bone being far too soft... I recall one person that used to post at MGH and he was truly in extremely bad shape.
If I was told that I had osteoporosis in my spine I wouldn't consider surgery until perhaps I could bring my BMD levels back up with some of the medications that address that issue. Currently I have osteopenia (as of last check almost 2 years ago) and I've been taking Actonel for this as well as eating a calcium rich diet and walking at least 2-3 xs/day (weight bearing activity). Being outside in sunshine should be helping with my Vit D ...
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03-02-2006, 09:31 PM
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I'm waiting until my bone density improves before getting ADR. I'm taking medication also and have made progress as I'm now real close to osteopenia instead of severe osteoporosis. I think it's important to consider how to keep your bone density up even after fusion or ADR because soft bones after the surgery could definitely cause major complications.
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