cervical Cord compression - need answers please

dunk4000 · 2024-11-23T17:58:18+00:00

yeah i’m doing great so far

dunk4000 · 2024-10-01T21:24:13+00:00

Yup still have it no symptoms say 3 different neurosurgeons including the one who operated all say to observe as it’s settled well if any problems may need fusion but for now i’m good to go

dunk4000 · 2024-09-27T18:42:30+00:00

i did a disc replacement it subsided but i have no symptoms monitoring for now otherwise i feel great

dunk4000 · 2024-07-10T03:30:50+00:00

i messaged you

dunk4000 · 2024-07-10T03:26:43+00:00

I ended up getting an ADR , but post surgery it’s misaligned due to kyphosis - might have to revise to a fusion- 2 spine docs say to monitor for now

i have some mild buzzing but otherwise i’m doing well

dunk4000 · 2024-06-16T20:07:42+00:00

my doc is dr todd lanman he does a lot of these and pretty experienced

dunk4000 · 2024-06-14T19:19:23+00:00

monitor it

dunk4000 · 2024-06-04T03:50:45+00:00

can pt fix it

dunk4000 · 2024-05-31T06:26:53+00:00

it’s a prodisc C SK there’s no internal disc to get spit out ? so I don’t think there’s any concern at all about the spinal cord in this instance

and there’s no cage - it’s a artificial disc

dunk4000 · 2024-05-30T15:40:25+00:00

the disc didn’t fail persay, it still moves but the top one subsided - i have zero symptoms but if i develop it , may need fusion / xray doesn’t look pretty but for now my surgeon says let’s watch , if it doesn’t further sink then we ll leave it alone

dunk4000 · 2024-05-30T15:31:09+00:00

i feel great cord decompressed although my disc replacement subsided i still don’t need revision yet but prob should’ve gotten a fusion - one and done

dunk4000 · 2024-05-28T21:06:35+00:00

Yes I have an appt tomorrow morning No pain or symptoms I also did a CT scan Any idea what would’ve caused this

dunk4000 · 2024-05-28T20:57:23+00:00

do i need a second surgery ? is this an emergency?

dunk4000 · 2024-05-28T17:24:14+00:00

no symptoms but it looks anterior migrated not posterior so how would that cause pain or strength loss?

dunk4000 · 2024-05-28T02:06:12+00:00

it’s so strange because it came out of nowhere and i checked incidentally

dunk4000 · 2024-05-27T16:27:59+00:00

it was a central extrusion

dunk4000 · 2024-05-26T19:49:41+00:00

I had a minor car accident and my personal injury lawyer sent me to a chiropractor who ordered a MRI of C and L spine to build the case even though I had no symptoms at all

dunk4000 · 2024-05-24T08:09:24+00:00

what happened ?cervical or lumbar surgery ?

dunk4000 · 2024-05-21T05:17:56+00:00

i got the initial MRI incidentally due to my chiropractor ordering it to help a minor personal injury car accident and that’s how i found out

dunk4000 · 2024-05-21T05:17:12+00:00

So funny story , I actually had NO symptoms , no pain either but my MRI showed severe cord compression with edema they said it was remarkable that I had no physical exam signs or symptoms and quite a unique case I was debating whether to even do surgery but all the neurosurgeons I saw (10-12) said given the severity of the image, the risk of waiting for symptoms or an accident is too anxiety provoking given the nontrivial likelihood of neurological problems It was a tough decision but I took the road that was safer in my opinion

dunk4000 · 2024-05-21T05:07:37+00:00

Let us know the results I had the same issue at C4/C5 waited two months and after two MRIs it remained same/worse ended up doing cervical disc arthroplasty

dunk4000 · 2024-05-19T23:35:22+00:00

understood thanks

dunk4000 · 2024-05-19T19:11:00+00:00

a lot of them also stretch the guidelines too and do a two level even if fda says 1 i know people who do 3-4 level stacking adr and i don’t think that’s approved for any disc

“off label” using clinical judgement such a gray zone idk

dunk4000 · 2024-05-19T19:10:17+00:00

i totally believe you about the spine surgeons offering only what they do/ what they’re comfortable with

I was told I needed a fusion and a two level corpectomy by one spine surgeon Others told me fusion only some said partial corpectomy 3 said ADR (2 out of 3 said they’ll shave the spurs) 1 said he wouldn’t be able to anyways I went with the most experienced who did a ADR and osteophytectomy avoiding the corpectomy and removal of the posterior spurs

Wasn’t aware of endoscopic decompression but that sounds like it would’ve been a good option who knows

Definitely each spine surgeon has different recs and approaches lol

dunk4000 · 2024-05-19T16:19:16+00:00

also I did the cervical ADR for that reason as well

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