Re: Laminectomy - Good Doc List????

August 18, 2000

>

i think the laminectomies are more common...especially for degenerative disease.

if you have congenital stenosis you may have more problems finding a nsg who

will dx myelopathy & agree to surgery.

my mri's were read as normal locally...even tho i really pushed them to examine

closely. they just patted me on the head & said...you don't have a problem,

don't worry about it. MEASURING the size of the canal is NOT standard procedure,

so if they don't see any gross problems with the neck in neutral, they don't

find a

problem.

with congenital stenosis everything can look ok when 'eyeballed'. actual nerve

tissue compression wasn't seen on mine until dr. heffez had a ct scan done with

the neck in extension (although he had already noticed that the spinal cord was

distorted on my 'normal' mri's <G>). & of course, when measured, the diameter

was well

below the low end of normal.

you might try a spinal cord injury site & ask for recommendations there. the

only site i have is for harvard/boston general

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good luck,

june in calif

dx of cervical spinal stenosis/myelopathy;

surgery by Dr. Heffez 4/24/00

>

> I understand the need to see one of " the " recommended nsg's for

> chiari surgery. But I'm wondering if you also should for just a

> laminectomy.

>

> Or is laminectomy a pretty common surgery that most nsg's would be

> very competant with? Would it make a difference if it was at more

> than one level? What about disks? Are there nsg's that specialize in

> these, or would that again be our recommended chiari nsg's?

>

> Thanks for any opinions or advice!

> em

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