bestmum49
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Reged: 12/01/2009
Posts: 21
Loc: Northampton
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Does anyone have any experience of a successful spinal fusion operation. My mother-in-law, aged eighty, has been offered this op to alleviate her sciatica pain.
I can't find any positive results in elderly patients and fear her situation could be worsened.
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OL0212
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Reged: 04/01/2009
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Hi I know 3 people who have had this type of surgery and it seems to go better on elderly patients then younger ones. The siatica pain has responded thank god but any surgery is risky. Its the anesthetic.
Good luck
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anner06
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Reged: 18/03/2008
Posts: 835
Loc: Northamptonshire
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I have but it was in my daughter who is only 12. It was however very successful.
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bestmum49
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Reged: 12/01/2009
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Loc: Northampton
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Thank you. I feel more reassured now.
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expatK
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Reged: 18/01/2008
Posts: 1229
Loc: Frankfurt,Germany
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As a nurse, I absolutely agree that the anaesthetic is the worse thing in elderly people. I've also had 5 spinal fusions, in my lumbar and cervical spine, over a period of 30 years. Nowadays they can often put in an artificial disc, as an alternative to fusion, which is much easier to recover from... I would have a word with her consultant to see if she might be suitable for this. Not everywhere does this surgery, but if she's suitable, I def think it would be worth looking into.
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cecilia55
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Reged: 29/02/2008
Posts: 327
Loc: South London
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Welcome to the forum Bestmum.
Your MIL will need lots of help after an op like that.
Take care of her, 
I have pm'd you.
Cecilia
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