Below are pictures of my incision, x-rays, etc. Just to give an idea of what to expect if considering a fusion. After seeing how many and how large the screws are, my pain makes a lot more sense.If you look at the post after this I have pictures of what my back looked like before corrective surgery.
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| An incision photo. Dr. Moreno personally stitched my tattoo so I don't have to have it re-done. |
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| Back Before Surgery |
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| Another scar photo. Notice how much straighter my hips, shoulders, and shoulder blades are. |
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| This is a photo of my new spine plus instrumentation. I have 26 screws and two 14 inch rods holding it together plus my own bone marrow and some from a cadaver fuzing it together. |
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| This is a side view of the screws going through my spine holding the rods and my new improved spine in place. |
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| An up close picture of the screws, ouch! |
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| This is an xray from 11/2/2011 of my Scoliotic Spine pre-op. |
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| Another xray before surgery. My ribs were twisting out of place dangerously and my lumbar spine was twisting inward which is very dangerous. That is why some of the screws go straight back, some sideways, etc. |
