Crvical Discectomy Case Summary

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DOI: 8/25/2011. Patient is a 51-year-old male pharmacy technician who sustained a work-related injury when he felt a burning sensation in his back while mixing compounding intravenous medications in the clean room. As per OMNI, the patient is diagnosed with cervical facet joint arthropathy, thoracic spondylosis with radiculopathy and cervical spondylosis without myelopathy. IW is status post anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C5-6 and laminoplasty at C3-7 levels on 02/15.
Electrodiagnostic studies dated 8/14/2015 revealed no evidence of an active cervical or lumbar radiculopathy to otherwise explain his proximal arm or leg symptoms.
As per PT notes dated 09/18/15, the patient had 12 visits.
Based on the progress report dated 01/29/16,

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