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Had cervical fusion for stenosis causing loss of feeling in arms/ hands. problems walking. 4 days after surgery was sent to Rehab Hospital where they decided that the brace holding my neck in place was not needed when teaching me how to shower, So it was removed. Neck went pop, pop, pop. I was worried so ask head Neuro Dr. and was reassured it would take a phyical fall or impact to hurt my neck. At first post-op Appt. Found that Cervical spine reverted to pre surgical position pulling out most of 12 screws holding it in place. Now need more surgury to fix it. Now in Halo brace,and may be for a year. and other complications, to much to write here.
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It does sound like the removal of the brace preciptitated the problem, but it is hard to understand how merely removing the brace would result in displacing all of those screws. There should be post-op orders from the ortho spelling out the protocols with respect to the brace, so if the therapists violated orders it should be pretty easy to prove. I think there are other questions, however, given the comprehensive nature of the surery failure.
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Answered on Jan 03rd, 2015 at 8:34 AM