This is a discussion on How Long in hospital for a PLIF? In tomorrow - prompt reply please within the Spinal Fusion (Including Discectomy & Laminectomy Procedures) forums, part of the Spine Surgery Support category; Times seem to vary from the US to here in Britain. Here in sunny southend in Uk anyone have any ...
How Long in hospital for a PLIF? In tomorrow - prompt reply please Times seem to vary from the US to here in Britain. Here in sunny southend in Uk anyone have any idea how long for a PLIF, discectomy spinal decompression. If they cancel me again I shall go mad. How long is the ususal stay in hospital - I have rather bad phobia about hospitals
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Re: How Long in hospital for a PLIF? In tomorrow - prompt reply please I went in on the Friday, was released on the Sat/Sun, operated on the Monday and was out on the following Monday, though I reckon if I hadn't lived overseas (ie on a different island), I could've escaped on the Saturday.
Post-op I had 48 hours bedrest, with catheter and IV/blood transfusion, then got up with help from physio and walked, catheter removed, IV off, had a shower and just pottered about for as long as I could bear it.
Best of luck. HOpe that helps xx
L5/S1 Laminectomy 2009
L5/S1 PLIF with Wallis Ligament stabilisation L4/L5 2010
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Re: How Long in hospital for a PLIF? In tomorrow - prompt reply please i was admitted on the day before, i couldn't manage to get out of bed the day after so it ended up being 4 days after the op that i was released. the no bending, lifting, twisting for three months was far harder than the period in hospital! hope it goes well.
Alison 46 year old female
2012 Doing Rehab
2011 Sept 3rd Op Removal of old instrumentation and PLIF L4/L5 - L5/S1 both adr in situ
2010 May Discogram on L2/L3 & L3/L4
2009 May 2nd Op Failed revision fusion on L5/S1 with Charite ADR in situ
2008 Caudal epidural exacerbated nerve symptoms. Prolapse L2/L3
2007 L5/S1 Facet deterioration
2002 March 1st Op ADR Charite - L4/5, L5/S1
2000 Disc prolapses L4/5, L5/S1
Re: How Long in hospital for a PLIF? In tomorrow - prompt reply please Mine was an ALIF, but I'm having a hard time remembering how long I was in hospital, probably all of the 4-5 days that Alison mentioned. And I totally agree with her too! The no-bending, no twisting rule was, by far, the bigger challenge, hands down. Good luck to you. Cindylou
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
Re: How Long in hospital for a PLIF? In tomorrow - prompt reply please How are you getting on?
L5/S1 Laminectomy 2009
L5/S1 PLIF with Wallis Ligament stabilisation L4/L5 2010
Photographer, mother and horse breeder/trainer
General ramblings (blog) - http://shetlandponyeverything.posterous.com
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill
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