These may come off with the dressing but otherwise remove them one week later if they have not fallen off.
#Neck fusion problems years later skin#
Under the dressing you will find steri strips (tapes) holding the skin edges together. One week after leaving hospital simply peel it off as if it were a big “band aid”. The dressing is waterproof and you can shower in it. The stitches are under the skin and will dissolve. In the vast majority of patients, following a one or two level fusion there is no detectable stiffness in the neck once recovery is complete.
Will fusion of the vertebrae make my neck permanently stiff? The numbness usually resolves over weeks or months as the nerve recovers. This usually resolves within a matter of weeks. Surgery relieves the pressure on the nerve but in some patients the nerve has a “memory” for the pain and remains slightly irritable. No, providing the pain is less than it was prior to the surgery. I am still experiencing some pain in my shoulder or arm or numbness after my operation. The risk of an injury to a spinal nerve or the spinal cord is much less than 1% and should be almost 0%. Nearly every patient has discomfort swallowing for a few days or a week or two.It is necessary to place a spacer (cage) into the gap and this is usually secured with a metal plate on the front of the spine.It involves removal of the disc (the soft part between the vertebrae) and, working through the disc space, removal of any separated disc fragment or bone spurs to relieve pressure on the nerve. Surgery is performed using optical magnification.The approach through the front of the neck is easier, quicker and safer and the recovery shorter. In the neck the spine is closer to the front of the neck than the back of the neck. In the lower spine the surgical incision is usually on the back but in the neck the surgical approach is usually through an incision on the front of the neck.The pain often gets better within days or weeks without treatment but sometimes persists for months and sometimes never gets better without surgical treatment.Pressure on a nerve in the neck may variously cause pain the in the region of the shoulder blade, shoulder, upper chest and the associated arm or upper forearm.
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