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Still having pain in lower back
May 16, 2008 04:39PM in the Orthopedics Community
In march of 2007 I had a fusion of the L5-S1 with no relief of pain. finally got another opinion and had a fusion of the L4-L5 it releived the pain going down my right leg but the lower back pain is worse. I beleive there is no science to medicine at all it seems to be a cut and hope thing. I am fed up with surgery I wish I would never had the first one. I li...
Injured in Iraq......on going pain in the back
Feb 20, 2008 11:59PM in the Orthopedics Community
What ever you do dot not rush into surgery I made that mistake and it made me worse. get several opinions. I know there is a good Nuero surgeon at Wright Patterson Air force base if that is an option. Let me know if there is any thing I can do to help. God bless, Dan
Injured in Iraq......on going pain in the back
Feb 20, 2008 11:53PM in the Orthopedics Community
There is a new procedure out called biacuplasti wich is radio frequncy ablation of the disc it is in study at the cleveland clinic by a Dr. Kapural it sound very promising. If it is your facet joints ask your Doc about radio frequency ablation. I had a couple friends with back problems and they say this is the best treatment for relief they have found and one...
Anyone with spondylothesis ver go through the fusion
Feb 20, 2008 11:42PM in the Orthopedics Community
Hi jane, Have you heard of a new procedure called biacuplasti. I am told its new and is actualy radio frequency ablation of the disc.They are doing a study of it at the Cleveland Clinic. by a Dr. Kapural. I was told there was probably a 50-50 chance that another fusion would give me some relief. I am not sure yet if I am a candidate of this procedure since ...
Anyone with spondylothesis ver go through the fusion
Feb 02, 2008 10:31PM in the Orthopedics Community
I had 3 differi=ent surgeons tell me I needed surgery so I had it I believe if they had done a discogram to begin with they could have taken care of my L5-S1 and fixed my pain problem with the L4-5 at the same time of course there is no guarantee this will resolve my problem but at least it would have prevented aanother surgery instead of the guess work I bel...
Anyone with spondylothesis ver go through the fusion
Jan 29, 2008 04:09PM in the Orthopedics Community
I had the fusion of the L5-S1 last March and have been miserable ever since. My pain is worse since surgery. Then I finally got a discogram and now they want to fuse the L4-5. I am very leary of having another back surgery. I fear this will cause problems with the next one. Then what they don`t stop untill the run out of discs. My advice get several opinions....