Spinal hardware is used in a number of different procedures to help increase stability or facilitate healing after an injury. Rods, screws and plates are all common forms or hardware that are inserted, and while they are quite durable, they aren’t a perfect solution. Sometimes your spinal hardware can shift out of place, the site […]
Will My Spinal Hardware Eventually Be Removed?
When correcting an issue in your spine, it is imperative that everything heals in precisely the correct location so that the spine remains stable. In order to ensure that structures heal where they should, artificial hardware is often inserted. But once healing has run its course, will this hardware be removed by a secondary operation, […]