In order to make it easier for patients with thoracic stenosis to properly organize all aspects of their work and life, so that they can undergo surgery and actively follow post-operative rehabilitation exercises as prescribed by their doctors, I would like to introduce the general treatment process here. First of all, I would like to talk about the inpatient surgery step. After the hospitalization procedure, you will report to the nurse’s station in the ward, and then the doctor in charge will start to ask medical history and check the body, followed by the arrangement of various pre-operative laboratory tests and necessary radiographic examinations, most often X-ray, CT and MRI examinations of the thoracic spine. In general, all preoperative examinations can be completed in one to two days, and if the results are normal, surgery can be scheduled. If abnormalities are found, they need to be dealt with according to the situation, or some items can be rechecked, or the relevant professional physician can be consulted, or the corresponding treatment can be carried out. Surgery for thoracic spinal stenosis is performed under general anesthesia, and the time required for the surgery itself is related to the surgical approach and the number of segments operated on, with longer surgery times for those with circumferential spinal decompression than those with simple posterior spinal decompression, and longer surgery times for those with more segments. In general, a decompression surgery with two segments of ligamentum flavum ossification takes about one hour, a circumferential decompression surgery takes about two hours, and a complicated case such as a decompression surgery with more than 10 segments plus one to two segments of circumferential decompression takes about four to five hours. The above mentioned is the pure surgical time, but in fact the patient’s time in the operating room also includes the preoperative anesthesia time and the postoperative awakening time in the anesthesia recovery room, which together will usually be between 1 to 2 hours. After the surgery is successfully completed and the patient returns to the ward, he can sit up or move on the floor for a short time after the wound drain is removed 3~4 days after the surgery, after which he can be discharged for recuperation after confirming normal wound healing. However, if certain complications occur after the surgery, such as pneumonia, poor wound healing or infection, the discharge from the hospital should be delayed and the corresponding treatment should be actively carried out. Again, the recovery process after discharge from the hospital. The recovery after discharge varies from person to person. The general rule is that the pain of the wound will basically disappear in about 4 weeks, while the sensory and motor functions of the lower limbs will take months or even years to recover gradually, with an average recovery period of 1~2 years. Therefore, during the period within 4 weeks after surgery, patients should insist on rehabilitation exercises in bed and appropriate amount of activities on the ground, but pay attention to control the amount of exercise in order not to aggravate the pain and discomfort of the wound site. In terms of specific factors affecting the speed of recovery, firstly, the length of the postoperative recovery period is directly proportional to the length of the preoperative course of the disease, and the recovery period is relatively shorter if the preoperative course of the disease is short, which reaffirms the importance of early diagnosis and early treatment; secondly, the blood supply to the upper and middle thoracic segments of the spinal cord is relatively weaker, and its recovery period is relatively longer than that of patients with lower thoracic segments. Some young patients with milder conditions can start to live normally and engage in light work three months after surgery, while some patients with severe conditions may need to seek help from professional rehabilitation specialists and undergo long-term rehabilitation exercises before they can gradually recover.