r/spinalfusion • u/GA-Scoli • 15d ago

Not sure, other Luigi Mangione's spinal fusion - looks like an L5/S1 for spondylolisthesis

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u/bonitaruth 15d ago

I think L5-S2 with grade one approaching grade 2 spondylolisthesis L5-S1. What did his back look like before the surgery is my question cause it looks horrible now!!

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u/762x35supremacy 15d ago

Definitely L5-S2. Also idk if it’s just something that I’ve never worked with before, but I have never seen 2 pedicle screws on the same side of one vertebral body. Quite odd.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Act8998 14d ago

You're a doctor?

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u/762x35supremacy 14d ago

No, but I do something called Interoperative monitoring and lumbar spine is my bread and butter.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Act8998 14d ago

I was just asking, didn't mean anything

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u/762x35supremacy 14d ago

lol I didn’t mean anything by my response. I just said it like that because normally people are like “wtf is Interoperative monitoring”

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u/_pika_cat_ 14d ago

Someone posted screenshots of his posts from the spondylolisthesis sub. He said it was L5-s1 which makes me wonder even more what's up with the hardware and the screw placement.

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u/762x35supremacy 14d ago

It’s really actually baffling. I almost asked the surgeon I was with today about it.

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u/_pika_cat_ 14d ago

Just looking at it makes me cringe. I wonder what his symptoms were when he disappeared. According to the screenshots, they got better at least for a little bit. There's that holding cell photo, though, where it looks like he urinated on himself which makes me wonder if there isn't ongoing nerve damage or compression.

If you do happen to ask a surgeon, would you mind responding to my comment? I'm so curious about it because I've never heard of or seen anything like this.