DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Fusion surgery
Failed back syndrome
Failed back syndrome or post-laminectomy syndrome is a condition characterized by persistent pain following back surgeries. Failed back syndrome (FBS), also called "failed back surgery syndrome" (FBSS), refers to chronic back and/or leg pain that occurs after back (spinal) surgery. It is characterized as a chronic pain syndrome. Multiple factors can contribute to the onset or development of FBS. Contributing factors include but are not limited to residual or recurrent disc herniation, persistent post-operative pressure on a spinal nerve, altered joint mobility, joint hypermobility with instability, scar tissue, depression, anxiety, sleeplessness and spinal muscular deconditioning...
Fusion surgery - List of case studies
- Left lumbosciatic pain from L4-L5 and L5-S1 annular protrusion
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1) Would you recommend surgery? What is the success rate for this type of surgery? What Italian centre ... with stabilization. On the L5-S1 I would prefer static fusion (probably TLIF entering disc space on the left). On the L4-5 level I ...
- Cervical Disk Hernia_3
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he will likely, eventually and invariably, require surgery. I would recommend surgical intervention since the patient’s ... the posterior approach, a decompression, decompression and fusion without instrumentation, or a decompression and posterior spinal fusion ...
- Treatments
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operation (right knee) APPENDIX REMOVE APPENDIX SURGERY AREDS formulation (of vitamins and minerals) ASA AV ... C C section C-met inhibitors C4-5 fusion C5 inhibitor Eculizumab C5-6 and C6-7 discectomy and fusion ...
- Spinal pathology
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arms and hands that gets worse over the day. He had a C4-5 fusion and a lumbar procedure at L4-5. The cervical MTI showed degenerative ... sac C4-5 : Union of vertebral bodies after fusion surgery . Disc is not visible at this level. Bilateral constriction of ...
- Pathology of the Wrist and Right Hand
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brought upon by ligamentous injuries due to trauma. The surgery options include total wrist joint replacement using an artificial joint or wrist fusion. questions: ...
- Left lumbosciatic pain from double disc protrusion
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and ozone treatment were recommended if pain persists. Surgery was not recommended in view of her young age. Despite the drug ... with stabilization . On the L5-S1 I would prefer static fusion (probably TLIF entering disc space on the left). On the L4-5 level I ...
- Cervical pain and limitation of movement after 2 cervical spine surgeries
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for the release of pressure in the spine. In the first surgery that was done 2 years ago, the disc and the osteophyte were removed and ... completion of the removal of the anterior pressure and fusion of C5-C6 with PEEK and Titanium plate was preformed. This ...
- Melanoma with metastases
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of the soft tissues in relation to recent results of surgery. " No lymphadenomegalies. Some lymph nodes ... Unconjugated monoclonal antibodies and GD2 and GD3, IL-2 fusion proteins, anti CTLA-4 monoclonal anti-bodies, dendetric cell vaccine ...
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma in the left temporal lobe
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On Jan, the patient underwent stereotactic surgery under sedation and local anesthesia to perform a biopsy of the ... normal; follow-up CAT scan of the brain showed normal post-surgery results. The patient developed steroid diabetes during his stay which ... previously reported with some evidence of their current fusion/coalescence. Some lesion portions recognizable at the last check as ...
- Road accident victim suffering paralysis – Post-Traumatic C7 asia B tetraplegia
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fractures, for which he underwent posterior cervical spine fusion. The expert recommends intense rehabilitation. ... the Emergency Medical Service and arrived at the Vertebral Surgery Unit with complete paraplegia at T-3 level, priapism, and no anal ...