Hi there . I am about to have triple fusion in same area. But have gotten the run around on finding a Dr to do my surgery. Because I came in with right arm palsy and bicep and deltoid atrophy. Neck pain n shoulder blade pain . I am 42. And for almost a year I haven't been able to use my right dominant arm. It has changed my life . I am hoping they do surgery asap. I hope to have some use of my a again . I hate the thought of not being able to hold grandkids in the future or etc because of this .
Hi..........I'm a 70 year old guy just 5 days post-op from a very involved ACDF C-4 through C-7 surgery.....and immediately developed the C5-6 palsy that is mentioned here. I had no such symptom pre-surgery. About to undergo all the PT/OT/ST and am told by the Dr. that this is a rarity, however patient who develop the palsy post surgery are pretty split 50-50 with those who recover and those who don't . Here we go........gotta stay positive, but....
Howdy.......I'm a 70 year old guy that underwent C4-C5, C5-C6 and C6-C7 ACDF surgery 18 days ago...and like you, immediately developed C5 palsy in my left arm. I can feel and move hands and fingers, but unable to use shoulder or lift arm but very little. Will undergo 12-16 weeks of PT/OT, but told there's a 33% chance of full receover, 33% of partial and 33% of no recovery despite any medical or therapeutic interventions. At the end of the day, I guess we just have do be our own advocate and lobby for as much PT as we feel helps, maybe some electro stim treatments and the like. I was also given a device called a "bonegrowth stimulator" which is a device that uses electrodes attached to sticky patches placed on the sides of the neck. This is supposed to accelerate bone growth and recovery time........................all we can do is hope, wait and see.
My husband was just told he has C5 palsy. He has no use of his right arm and even more limited use of his left than before surgery. Can anyone tell me anything he can do except wait for something to regenerate. We are very frustrated by how the surgeon minimized this risk.