compression fracture
Hi mummies, My mom currently was adviced by the doc to ve surgery for her bone fracture. But my mom is alr 70th this year, wondering if she able to take this surgery. Any family/siblings of yours encounter the same prob? N mind to share?
Hi, my grandma also needed spine surgery at 85 years old. All surgeries have risks, but I think if the doctors feel that the patient needs surgery, and they’ve explained why (usually because it presses on the nerves/may cause damage), then you might want to consider letting her go for it if the benefits outweigh the risks? It’s never an easy decision, because there are real risks involved.. for my grandma’s case, she would have been partially paralysed without it. Thank God her recovery was okay, and now she can move more (with the physio after surgery too).
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