Cervical Myelopathy Pre-Op Scans
Pretty soon you'll be proficient in cervical myelopathy! These pre-op scans are a great example to visually explain how the spinal cord gets compressed or "squished" because you can easily…
Pretty soon you'll be proficient in cervical myelopathy! These pre-op scans are a great example to visually explain how the spinal cord gets compressed or "squished" because you can easily…
I don't only lift in the gym, I also lift in the OR! For this patient with spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 with noticeable modic signs, I performed an interbody posterior fusion…
Remember: myelopathy is a narrowing in the spinal canal which compresses the cord. This patient with a cervical myelopathy is having difficulty with walking and fine motor movements. Our first…
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You might want to be snug as a bug but you don't want your spinal cord to be snug. With cervical myelopathy, the spinal cord is compressed which can cause…
Although this patient had a previous laminectomy, you can see now where the disc is collapsed at L3-4 and herniated at L4-5. To amend this, I'm going to perform a…
It's a wonderful feeling when a patient you treated decades ago trusts you to perform a second surgery. 20 years ago I operated on this patient and performed an L3-L5 spinal…
Hello disc replacement fans! Today we're tackling a total disc replacement at C4-5 and C5-6 for a patient in their 50s with a vigorous lifestyle that did not want a spinal…
Lifting more than my spirits today. To all my fitness enthusiasts, I'm pulling for ya! Struggling with chronic back or neck pain? Give William Capicotto MD a call today or…
It can be hard to understand the difference between incisions 10 years ago and incisions today. 10 years ago, this patient had a laminectomy with a cut that was 8"…