Great information 👍

Does ACDF address bilateral neural foraminal stenosis?

Do Interbody spacers without plate have a less chance of ASD??

Can this address bilateral neural foraminol stenosis?

C5/6: Status post ACDF. No definite evidence of cord compression on this exam. No evidence of retrolisthesis on this exam. Moderate bilateral neural foraminal stenosis. Is ACDF thorough enough for cord compression and bilateral neural foraminal stenosis. “”Should I ask for Foraminotomy???”” Please let me know. I’m literally going insane.

I can’t any pointing at ears. That would have been nice

Excellent video my friend

Absolutely loved the way you broke this down. You make everything so accessible!

I think my leg weakness is caused by anemia

Dr Ghosh I did find your descriptions of your surgical procedures interesting! I had many surgeries and have been suffering with severe debilitating fusion back pain!! 2 microdisectomies several post lateral and finally since they can’t seem to remember to tighten Peticle screw caps or install Peticle screws properly and after a yrs working hard physical back punishment chores, it was time to remove screws misaligned installed or too deeply installed screws managing to loosen right up! My life has been a living nightmare of pain on top of fighting leukemia! It’s a very difficult time trying to Sleep much less cut your grass or snow! Then you have every government agency down your throat with much distrust because of terrible narcotic Stigma Agenda all over the United States!! There are many human beings Suffering from very Real Life Altering Pain issues who are very legitimate!! Not in the government’s eyes!! Only your government can handle these issues Not your doctor!!! It’s been a very hard uphill battling the gov and severe debilitating pain issues from very legitimate evidence based back issues! Interesting

I’m doing physical therapy and seeing an ortho but the pain is constant in my lower back and when I sit or lay down it feels like it stems up into my mid back also. MRI showed slightly degradation and bulge in lower back forwards sacrum spine. The pain is not debilitating but it is frustrating and pretty much constant throughout the day but even worse when I put my weight on it. Any advice how to find some sort of relief?

Hi there. Been watching your video. I have had a c5-c6 neck disc replacement 10 weeks ago. When can massage, chiropractor or osteopath treatment recommence after surgery? Is rhere any type of masssage/chiro/osteo that wont help or damage. Can this type of operation thats been done to stop the nerve being pinched be undone Like can do you something to soon that can undo the operation? Im 10 weeks in and have no pain relief, worse than before the op and worse sinfe early days of op. Been told it is stoll early days, but 10 weeks in and nothing, im not sure.

Brill video Dr 🎉 keep up the great work :)

Informative! Thank you.

Hi Dr 🎉 Can you have spondylosis with no nerves or no cord compression? If so how do you treat the pain if all conservative treatment including injections fail and you’re unable to function or work?

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Thank you for a balanced approach. I am recovering from a synovial cyst removal surgery. (second one within two years). I am desperate to run again but friends and family keep have some concerns re the impact. My surgeon advised that I can. Your video has reassured me that it will be fine.

Dr unfortunately this did not work for me on the upper and midback pain. After a week the pain came back, I will see you next week, looking forward to it :) I hope you will fix me surgically

Same protocol for thoracic spine stenosis?

Do you operate on the upper and lower thoracic spine due to spinal stenosis or herniated disc? I know some don’t this area…do you?

Hi dr. Great video, Can I ask you if you operate on the thoracic spine to fix either disc herniations or spinal stenosis in the upper to mid thoracic spine? I know some surgeons don’t but is that on area you do regularly? Regards Raja

Thank you very much Doc....I am following youbfrom Sydney, Australia.

If it’s just back pain…….is it not the facet joints that is causing the pain?

Hi Dr, So with Elon Musk……He promoted in having a disc replacement surgery which he did indeed had it. I think sometime after a bit like me now started to get back his symptoms and he revised it for a fusion surgery and now he is doing great. I think he was criticised due to what transpired after the first surgery so he would not promote disc replacement surgery. It’s a common trend that a lot of people are getting out these discs around the word labelling it the next big thing…….but in fact is one of the biggest surgeries to be revised. A ridged Fusion is the best and I regret not listening to my first surgeon and I got a second opinion. I have learnt a valuable lesson session.

Hi Dr, Great videos. I had a disc replacement surgery in sep 2022 as the surgeon recommended it’s superior to fusion due to faster recovery, non loss of motion and avoiding adjacent segment disease. However for me the procedure failed, only after a few months I started to get symptoms back down my left arm, also I know that segment is hyper-mobile, I also have a lot of facet joint pain which I know is caused by the disc as I did not have it before. I found out that the disc through an MRI has broad-based posterior end plate disc osteophyte formation and has calcified and fused. I think fusion is better as it’s rock solid and it’s a ridge cage. Do you do revision surgeries? What can I do surgery? Thank you Raj

Thanks for the overview. One suggestion: word is rarer, not more rare.

What kind of a doctor should you see for leg weakness following sciatica? I live in Italy and do NOT trust a single doctor in my town.

My leg weakness is the result of a severe sciatica attack that began suddenly in March. The excruciating pain is gone, but 5 months in my leg is still weak, making my gait unsteady.

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Dude try slouching 1 hr and it will cause pain ..wt is he saying 😒

Thank you very much Dr Ghosh for this fantastic, informational video. What is the meaning of narrowing of the C3/C4 to C6/C7 intervertebral disc spaces associated with end-plate sclerosis? Best regards. Alfred

Appreciated all the advice

Excellent! Thank you.

I had nerve block injections which helped and then a rhizotomy was done which failed now my pain is back, doesnt shoot down the leg or anything like that. Whats next?

I've been partially bedridden, for years after a fall, I sustained bilateral SLAP tears, bilateral ankle and foot injuries, spine, knee, tbi, and more... I have only had one foot fixed so far and one shoulder repair that failed due to someone tipping at my arm 3 weeks post op. I cannot stand long, sit long, or lay long. I went from elite athlete level to frail and medically deconditioned. I'm having a neuroforaminal bilateral posterior approach TLIF with Nuvasive TDX. I'm so lost about what I can do now and have fusion in July. I'm so scared, and I have No help...

Thanks for this. I am a 70 y,o. male and have developed degenerative scoliosis. Doctor recommends the surgery, which sounds daunting, but I want to lessen the pain and stand up straight again.

Thank you for the video 👍 This last year I have developed a numbness in my right thigh, from my knee to the hip area. This numbness is not like my leg going to sleep, but as if, I had been injected with novicane. As when you go to a dentist and afterwards your face has that numb feeling if you touch it. This can happen any time, sitting, walking, mostly standing. It does not effect my walking. And I am fairly active for my age, 70. I just came in from mowing about a half acre of my driveway. I try desperately to lose weight, am at 185-189 & 5'3". Some mornings I can not stand up straight, until I sit in my hard chair, with my left leg under my back side, after just a few minutes, I can stand up straight. It is the strangest thing. And no one can answer why. I know that you can not answer, but thought I'd share. Ps. I live in rural area, that has no doctors for hundreds of miles.

I had L4-5 fusion in 2019. Pain was unbearable post op. Never got better. Finally found out that on all my scans I had the surgeon left 2 screws in my nerve canal. This was for 4 years. I got the cage out as I'm obviously fused now. Has this ever happened with you or any of your colleagues? Is this common?

I am a retired dentist neck problem from bending my neck all day

No mention of surgery for scoliosis. I know four people who have had scoliosis surgery which they say has greatly improved their lives (all four say it "gave them their lives back."). Dr. Ghosh -- any comment or point of view? Thanks.

Thanks doc, How about arachnoïditis ? I heard McGill say he can’t help those patients sometimes I have a few arachnoid cysts in the lumbar, surgeons I saw all said it’s constitutional but I’ve been experiencing ongoing flexion intolerance for 5 years despite consulting endless physios including McGill practitioners

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to long , honestly to long .i just had 3 procedures just want quick answer how long recovery , I had a Laminotomy a Foraminotomy and a Rhizolysis lower back , and still pain day 7 . your to long winded no real answer for ones like me .you don't even address older people I am 65 none o9f what you say applies to my age :((

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Interesting conversation, very helpful.

Brilliant consultant explained this exactly for my partner yesterday . He was suffering very similar condition. Thank you Mr Gosh

A passionate inspiring guest meets an underwhelmed interviewer particularly at 29.44. What a shame.

Thanks for this interview. I’d love to hear O’Sullivan and McGill in the same podcast debating their points of disagreement. It does seem to me based on the various interviews that O’Sullivan doesn’t categorize patients as much as McGill, which makes me think he’s maybe not as good a clinician, using more one size fits all “biopsychosocial” model

I recovered from 3 herniated discs and severe right leg sciatica using methods by Peter and Greg Lehman.