Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusionby
Charlie Mosbrook
I never did follow up on the last post. This animation shows the surgery I wound up having about 6 weeks ago. Everything went smoothly and I have been undergoing a lot of physical therapy since then. I spent 17 days i
Treatments for Back Injuryby
Medical Team
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Back Injury:
Amputation
Diathermy
Discectomy
Physical Therapy
Spinal Fusion...
Treatments for Sciaticaby
Med Team
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Sciatica:
Bed rest
Discectomy
NSAIDs
Pain relief
Surgery
Treat underlying cause
These are just some of the treatments...
Treatments for Degenerative Disc Diseaseby
Well Med
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Degenerative Disc Disease:
Discectomy
Laminectomy
Laminotomy
Spinal Fusion
Vertebroplasty...
Treatments for Back Painby
Well Med
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Back Pain:
Analgesics
Anti-depressants
Aspirin
Chiropractic manipulation
Discectomy
Education
Electrothermal...
Purpose of Lumbar Supportsby
Doug K.
"Doug,
I’ve been tuning into your blog over the past several months… great
information. After many years of chronic back pain, I’m scheduled to for
a discectomy next month. I’m actually looking forward...
Performa a simple operation called a discectomy on a slipped disk if neurological signs (nerve related...
Back Pain and Sciatica - Evaluating Your Optionsby
Braxton P.
surgical procedures for these conditions include discectomy, laminectomy, and fusion. In a discectomy... the spinal canal when it has been restricted by stenosis, or to provide access for a discectomy. Spinal...
Neck Surgery Successby
Michele A.
My husband had a anterior cervical discectomy with fusion on Monday. This operation involves removing two discs and replacing them with a bone graft and a metal plate. He has a four inch gruesome...
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If your child has scoliosis, the treatment they will receive will depend on the extent of the curvature of their spine, th ... » Read on
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I am in constant pain and constantly taking strong painkillers what could be the problem?
I have had a hip replacement last september and a micro-discectomy a few years ago,but fell off a push bike on my operated leg a few months ago and now I have lower back pain, hip pain, leg and knee pain, ankle pain, pins and needles in the same leg.
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Stinging,hot pain w numbness, tingling R leg, now in 2 wks also groin, buttocks and half L leg
Last year had two L4-5 Laminectomy/Discectomies with Cauda Equina, C7 rupture with bone graft/plate/screw Fusion. Slow healing with Sjogren's has now progressed to this within wks. There is some finger/hand/wrist/forearm numbness/tingling that seems positional. MRI a few mos ago showed 5 min disc herniations, no cord...crap
weight gain and no reflexes in leg
I have had 2 discectomies and exploritory back surgery in the last 12 weeks. I have been laid up since Feb. I have had a huge weight gain I am hoping its just because I am still sedentary. Has any one... ago. Also Does anyone know why you would not have reflexes in you leg and foot after a discectomy...crap
hx of spinal stenosis, would a discogram or myelogram help?
Greetings! I am so grateful to have discovered this forum and to ask this question! I have had 4 back surgeries ranging from discectomies to laminectomy/otomy, foramenotomies bilaterally @ 3 levels, neurolysis and a host of procedures and treatments between and following; currently have severe left...crap
two Discectomies and still back pain, what gives?????
Dear Dr. Borigini, I am 31 years old and have had two Discectomies in the last two years. I have always had back pain all my life but two years ago I had pain down my leg and needed surgery on my L3-L4... came back and I had another Discectomy on L4-L5 and the pain in my leg went away again but never in my back...crap
spliiting pain across buttocks
L4,L5, S1 spinal fusion, discectomy and bone grafts from hip area...is the pain connected several years on as it comes and goes and I imagine a green stick breaking when it strikes me...sharp and splintering like pain...? Confused...
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I have mid-back pain and rib pain, like having cracked ribs. Is this a thoracic disc herniation?
When I sleep for more than a few hours and I try to get up, I have involuntary muscle spasms in my rib cage (upper). My mid-back aches terribly. I have just had a cervical fusion 2 months ago, and discectomy a couple years ago. This all started with an osteotomy about 8 years ago, and right hip...crap