Serious Risk Factors Involved in Spine Surgery
November 24th, 2008 | by admin |As with any form of spinal chord surgery, (or any surgery, for that matter) there is always several risk factors involved. With the spinal chord stimulation surgery, the risks include; hematoma, infection in the incision location (or an infection internally from a contaminated surgical object) and most importantly, the risk of the spinal chord stimulator malfunctioning or failing, causing continued chronic pain and having to endure another surgery to either replace the failed spinal stimulator or remove it altogether.
Suffering from chronic back pain can be disabling and frustrating. If you have followed your physician’s advice and done what you can to help alleviate your problems such as physical therapy, localized injections and oral medications, the next step will be to consult a back specialist to discuss the possibility of a spinal chord surgery like a stimulator implant. It may be the answer of relief that you have been waiting so long for.
