Spinal Fusion for more than 2 levels Treatment in India

Rohan Nair, a 42-year-old software engineer...

Rohan Nair, a 42-year-old software engineer and avid rock climber, suffered a catastrophic fall in a climbing gym two years prior, resulting in burst fractures at T12, L1, and L2. Initial surgery placed rods and screws, but he developed a painful pseudarthrosis, a failure of the bones to fuse, causing chronic, debilitating back pain that radiated into his hips. Every movement was agonizing, and he could no longer sit at his desk or play with his young children. His neurosurgeon, Dr. Chen, recommended a revision surgery: an anterior-posterior spinal fusion to achieve a solid arthrodesis across the previously operated and adjacent levels (T11-L3). The two-stage surgery was daunting. The recovery was long and grueling; he was in a rigid brace for four months and required extensive outpatient physical therapy. Eighteen months post-op, the fusion is solid. The constant, severe pain is gone, replaced by manageable stiffness. He is back to full-time work, can lift his children, and has started swimming for exercise. Emotionally, he cycled through frustration and depression during the long recovery but now feels resilient and recalibrated. He misses climbing intensely but focuses on the victory of being present and pain-free for his family.