My daughter, who is 39, has been told she has a crumbling spine affecting the lower back, some curvature and that this is going to get worse. She can bearly walk and has an assortment of pain killers which are morphine based and I am concerned about the quality of her life. At present she tries to function as a mother during the day, but is heavily drugged up once they are home from school, fed and watered. Is there anything that can be done surgically?
Hi, Treatment for crumbling spine or collapse vertebrae depends on the degree and cause for the same. In case it is traumatic single level and more than 40% kyphoplasty will be done while in case of multiple collapsed vertebrae fixation will be done, for crumbling spine of non-traumatic origin treatments aims at primary cause for the same. Your daughter needs to get thoroughly examined and investigated before line of treatment would be decided. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.