• Are there any chances of complication due to my past medical condition? • Why is the procedure needed? • Are there any chances of drug interactions with my current medications? Related department Orthopedic surgery, pediatric orthopedic…
IW is planning to pursue lumbar spinal surgery. It was noted that rehabilitation and acupuncture is helping. Treatments have prevented worsening of pain and is allowing the patient to work, pending spine surgery. Patient is working full-time.…
The role of a nurse in providing professional, compassionate care. Introduction This assignment will discuss the role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s of nursing practice which include care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. (NHS England, 2012). These principles form the benchmark of the NHS culture of compassionate care and underpins everything it does.…
DOI: 10/20/2009. Patient is a 43-year-old male maintenance technician who sustained injury after lifting a manhole. Per OMNI entry, he is status post lumbar discectomy and foraminotomy on 01/25/2010 and repeat L5-S1 discectomy and foraminotomy on 02/28/2013. Based on the latest medical report dated 11/03/16 by Dr. Wensel, the patient presents with intermittent shooting left leg pain that occurs several times a week.…
Plot Clay Jannon is a starving artist in need of a job living in the great town of San Francisco. Clay is a trained graphic designer who used to work for a bagel shop the went under. He ends up landing the night shift at Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore. It is an old, dusty, but charming place owned by an old, dusty, but charming man named Mr. Penumbra. Clay soon realizes that it is no ordinary bookstore.…
Jackson Taylor, who is a 16-month old, was seriously injured in a car accident. His head was detached from his body during the accident. A vehicle he was riding in crashed into another vehicle at 70 mph. Taylor was rushed to the hospital and physicians performed a six-hour operation in order to re-attach his head. Dr. Geoff Askin was one of the doctors who operated on Taylor.…
Network Chiropractic Care: Evidence-Based Wellness At the Solomon Center in Phoenix, AZ, our chiropractic team utilizes a comprehensive set of complementary techniques and treatments to help our patients achieve maximum wellness. As part of our holistic approach to health maintenance, we encourage our patients to consider Network Chiropractic Care (Network Spinal AnalysisTM). Network Spinal AnalysisTM Basics Using precisely targeted contact on the spine signals the brain to send energy waves to the source of something new in the environment.…
Pre-procedure ultrasound guided paramedian spinal anaesthesia at L5-S1 – is this better than landmark guided midline approach? - a randomized control trial. Abstract Introduction We hypothesised that the routine use of pre-procedural ultrasound-guided paramedian spinals at L5S1 interspace could reduce the number of passes required to enter the subarachnoid space when compared to the conventional landmark-guided midline approach. Methods After local ethics approval, 120 consenting patients scheduled for elective total joint replacements (Hip and Knee) were randomised into either group C (conventional) or group P (pre-procedural ultrasound guided paramedian L5S1 technique) with 60 in each group.…
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery In recent years, technological advances have allowed back and neck conditions to be treated with a minimally invasive surgical technique. Because minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS), does not involve a long incision, it avoids significant damage to the muscles surrounding the spine. In most cases, this results in less pain after surgery and a faster recovery. Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) is sometimes called less invasive spine surgery.…
Once your spine has healed, it will be held in proper alignment and be prevented from shifting in that area. The end result should be less pain as you go through your daily activities. How The Procedure Is Done…
My ability to learn quickly and anticipate was useful during my spine rotation due to the complicated nature of the procedure and the re-positioning after intubation. Aside from having an arterial line set up in the room, I would often have the ultrasound machine in the room in case the anesthesiologist needed assistance in the place of the arterial line. I frequently insisted that the anesthesiologist put an A-line whenever I was in a room with an orthopedic spine surgeon even when the anesthesiologist felt that one wasn’t necessary because they always requested for one to be placed. They often listened to my insistence to prevent any delays to the start of the case.…
The most interesting thing is that after a spinal injury an individual can experience orgasm, because there is a “nerve bundle called the sensory vagus, bypasses the spinal cord, carrying nerve impulses directly from the genitals to the brain.” ). “So even if the spinal cord is damaged, "pleasure" messages can be carried through the sensory vagus from the genitals to the brain, triggering the experience of orgasm.”…
The image that is hard to get out of my head is how tired, unhealthy, and curved my back was. Life seemed like it was constantly about Doctors’ appointments or Specialists, and because of all the appointments I missed a lot of school, I confess I was always tired and I spent a lot of time in bed. My story really begins in February 2012 when I had spinal cord surgery at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. When I was young it was scoliosis was detected, but in February the curve in my spine was at 47 degrees, they sent me for an MRI. The results were not good, it showed I had a tethered cord, surgery was scheduled in a rush and performed within a few days.…
By using this advanced form of spinal traction, Dr. Parikh is able to effectively treat patients who are suffering from a range of conditions affecting the nervous system. Conditions treated with spinal decompression therapy include low back pain, bulging discs, herniated discs, neck pain, sciatica, spinal stenosis, and radiating pain in the arms and legs. This treatment approach may be ideal for people suffering from chronic pain that has proven resistant to other treatments. What can I expect during spinal…
UCSF. (n.d) Scoliosis surgery. Retrieved from http://orthosurg.ucsf.edu/patient-care/divisions/spine/resources/surgical- solutions/scoliosis-surgery/ University of Maryland Medical Center. (2013)…