Dear Dr
Thank you for your reply. You make it sound so routine and simple, where do I sign up?!
Seriously though, the injury was in February and the T12 has now healed. There is some cement in the bone and it is now a fixed, rigid deformity. Does that make a difference to the type of procedure and the complexity?
I feel like I would like to have this corrected but I am currently being advised against it because any treatment should also include the degenerative lower levels, down to L3 or L4, so that would be more extensive surgery. Would that involve just screws or would those levels have to be fused as well?