having surgery on my neck called an anterior cervical discectomy plus spinal fusion?

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in a few days i am having this operation done,if any one else has had this done on c4 c5 c6 c7discs how do you feel now? also is your movment good?what would you rate the pain at?how successful was the operation?do you have any pain months after the op?do you feel better now?
You should not be.I have three friends whom had fusion surgery and not one is at all any better and two of them say they are worse. They now wish they had done what myself and our other friend did and found a good chiropractor. They are the ones who are trained to fix this problem and without surgery. Good Luck. You need it.  (+ info)

Can cauda equina syndrome with spinal stenosis cause complete paralyzation?

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It does seem that this is possible but not inevitable. Have a look at:
http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/cauda.asp  (+ info)

How can you distinguish between the anterior and posterior horns of the spinal cord?

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Why don't doctors intervene when 70% stenosis is in the left anterior descending Artery(LAD)?

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I have a 70% stenosis in my LAD artery but the doctors tell me that they hesitate to do anything when you have a single artery stenosis but they give me the option of me consenting to intervention. What gives? This opinion was given to me by the renowned Dr. Denton Cooley of the Texas Heart Institute.
A lesion does not become hemodynamically significant until it occludes greater than 70%. Poiseuille’s Equation, which states that flow is affected by the radius of the vessel, the length of the vessel, and the viscosity of the fluid, would make it seem as though even a small reduction in diameter would drastically affect the resistance of the blood flow. This would be the case if blood vessels in the body were a straight series of long tubes with no bifurcations. However the anatomical makeup of the vascular system is more complicated than that, and therefore the equation suffers from inaccuracy when applied. The low pressure vascular beds of distal tissues and the length of the rest of the vessel, coupled with any further collateral blood supply are other factors that would affect the significance of the stenosis. Large vessels bifurcate into arterioles, which further bifurcate into capillaries. This complex branching of the vessels makes the diameter of the larger carrying vessel less significant until a critical blockage is present. At < 70% diameter reduction, the blood flow may become only slightly more turbulent distal to the stenosis with mildly increased velocities, and the distal pressure may be slightly decreased, but not to a high enough degree to matter. Also, when a vessel begins to occlude slowly, collateral blood supply may form on it's own (angiogenesis) or may have already existed with low blood flow and will accept larger volume (autoregulation), thereby marking the stenosis as even less significant. There are more physical principles at play, but this is roughly the explanation. Hope this helps. Good luck and all the best.  (+ info)

I am having terrible headaches after undergoing a anterior cervical discectomy plus spinal fusion.?

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Has anyone out there had this procedure and had the headaches afterwards. I first thought they were migranes, but I took the meds I usually take for migranes and have not gotten any relief. The pain meds given to me for post-op pain aren;t even cutting it. Other thatn the headaches, I really feel pretty good. Any help would be appreciated.
If it hurts more when you move or try to get up then it may be cause spinal fluids are moving up to your brain after surgery and you may need a blood patch in your back to patch up that tiny hole thats causing leekage.If like i said its worse when you get up then drink a lot of liquids especially green tea,if that doesn't help call your dr and you will get that patch.It's not painfull,you have thru enough.I know i had 2 back surgeries and i'm only 28.Hope all is well,good luck.  (+ info)

how important or critical is the left anterior descending artery to the heart as a whole?

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The first answer is pretty accurate. Except, a "widow maker" lesion is in the Left Main Coronary Artery. This is the artery that supplies the LAD and oher coronaries.  (+ info)

Did you get the test that determines if your baby , will have"Down Syndrome" or Spinal defects?

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Do you feel its kinda selfish if you don't?
No I didn't. There is nothing you can do to fix it so why would you need to know unless abortion is an option. For me abortion isn't an option and I will take my baby however he comes out.

The test you are talking about has an extremely high false positive rate as well. Another reason I turned it down.  (+ info)

anterior artery heart surgery how common? description of procedure?

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Is this an unusual surgery? Any particular medical center or hospital recommended for better results from this procedure?
The patient is brought to the operating room and moved onto the operating table.
An anesthetist places a variety of intravenous lines and injects an induction agent (usually propofol) to render the person unconscious.
An endotracheal tube is inserted and secured by the anesthetist or a respiratory therapist and mechanical ventilation is started.
The chest is opened via a median sternotomy and the heart is examined by the surgeon.
The grafts are harvested - frequent conduits are the internal thoracic arteries, radial arteries and saphenous veins.
The surgeon stops the heart and initiates cardiopulmonary bypass; or in the case of "off-pump" surgery, places devices to stabilize the heart.
One end of each graft is sewn onto the coronary arteries beyond the blockages and the other end is attached to the aorta.
The heart is restarted; or in "off-pump" surgery, the stabilizing devices are removed. In some cases, the Aorta is partially occluded by a C shaped clamp, the heart is restarted and suturing of the grafts to the aorta is done in this partially occluded section of the aorta while the heart is beating. This reduces time spent on the heart lung machine.
The sternum is wired together and the incisions are sutured closed.
The person is moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) to recover. After awakening and stabilizing in the ICU (approximately 1 day), the person is transferred to the cardiac surgery ward until ready to go home (approximately 4 days).
any good cardiologist at a reputable hospital
can do this surgery with the minimum of risk  (+ info)

If a patient was diagnoses with right posterior communicating artery aneurysm; anterior communicating artery?

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communicating artery aneurysm; right otitis externa what is the final diagnosies and the principal diagnosis and medical code for this and the procedure code
Oh man, I knew it would come to this, medical students or doctors using Y/A! to practice medicine. What next, Supreme Court Justices asking about the Commerce Clause?  (+ info)

The ____________ lies between the spinal cord and the pons, anterior to the cerebellum.?

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Medulla Oblongata  (+ info)

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