After surgery for the ligamentum flavum of the thoracic spine you can usually get out of bed after a month and a half. Those with internal fixation with nail rod system need to get out of bed after 3 months. 1. Thoracic ligamentum flavum surgery mainly involves decompression of the laminae or laminae floating back to decompression, or laminectomy with preservation of the vertebral tuberosity. Generally bedridden for 6 weeks after surgery, if the condition is more complicated and the range of the laminectomy is larger, it is necessary to cooperate with the nail rod system of fixation with internal fixation generally bedridden for 3 months, generally 6 weeks and 3 months postoperative review. 2. Thoracic ligamentum flavum surgery is to resect the ossification of the ligamentum flavum for internal fixation, this type of surgery may be more destructive to the local structure of the thoracic spine, and it is necessary to get out of bed after full recovery. 3. The time to get out of bed is also related to the patient’s physical condition. The time to get out of bed will be shortened for those with strengthened physical condition, and it will take longer for those with weaker physical condition or those with underlying diseases, so it is not possible to make a generalization.