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Originally Posted by cyrilwood
Need recommendation from anyone who has experienced Spinal Stenosis corrective surgery.
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I had spinal stenosis 10 years ago and had surgery in Wisconsin. Very simple operation from a nuero-surgeon, immediate relief and was golfing in a week. I did have to go through drugs, cortisone shot and physical therapy. The physical therapy only lasted a week as the therapist knew it would not correct a pinched nerve.
That being said, I had no issues other than the pinched nerve.
My wife is currently experiencing the same pinched nerve and spinal stenosis and also has so degeneration and slipping of a disk. She starts physical therapy this week and had an unsuccessful cortisone shot, our Florida Blue Medicare PPO plan requires physical therapy. The orthopedic surgeon has already told her the therapy will not work and she will have to have surgery. We selected Biospine Institute and were assigned Dr. Roderick Claybrooks. Her surgery will be more involved than mine; however, it is minimally invasive, takes only 35 minutes, is out patient, done at their Orlando office and recovery time will be less than traditional spine surgery. We have our fingers crossed that it will be successful.