Complexities and Complications to Know Before Undergoing Scoliosis Surgery

Posted by abby smiths on February 15th, 2018

When is extensive surgery for scoliosis recommended? Only in the cases of severe deformity. Those who are likely to undergo the surgery must be aware of the potential complications and risks of scoliosis surgery. Though this is not necessary to explain how terrible it is to experience the lower back pain after scoliosis surgery, there are other egregious complications which most people are unaware of. And, this is also to take as keynote that the effects of living with side effects after scoliosis surgery can vary from person to person depending on the physical health of an individual. In some cases, there are no such symptoms while in others the symptoms can be even beyond terrible.

In the following note, some of the major complications have been explained which people (specifically those who are planning to undergo the surgery in recent days, weeks or month) need to keep themselves informed with:

Excessive Blood Loss
Blood is the holy fluid which everyone’s body runs and survives upon. If you are still uninformed of it, you must know that during the surgery, all muscles get stripped and exposed leading to an excessive blood loss. The patient undergoing the surgery may need blood transfusions at the moment. This happens rarely but excessive blood loss may lead a person to death sometimes because of excessive blood loss.

Chances of Pseudarthrosis
This is the second major risk that patient during or after undergoing the surgery may fall under this. The risk that is known as Pseudarthrosis is the failure of failure of the spine to fuse. This can bring a person to the wheelchair for rest of his life.

Increased Chances of Infection
The body may get infected because of instrumentation failure. The rods breaking or due to the screw dislodging, patients can have increased chances of the blood infection. People should tend to go for scoliosis alternative treatment methods as the cerebrospinal fluid leak is the leading cause of blood infection during and after the surgery.

Some Healing Tips after surgery
Though this is difficult to recover after scoliosis surgery, there are some effective ways that can help the patients recover from the surgery; here are some points of relief:

Manage Pain by Medication, Diet, and Walking Stairs
The medication which is prescribed by the surgeon must not be avoided or else the outcomes will be more terrible. At the time of hospital discharge, the doctor prescribes pain medication doses to the patients. Overlooking medicine’s regular and on time intake can lead to more severe complications. Besides the proper diet as prescribed, having a stroll on the stairs up and down can benefit a lot.

Author’s Bio- The author is an avid writer. The article explains the complications of the scoliosis surgery.