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Anyone been diagnosed with arachnoiditis after spine surgery?
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Hi @ruby460 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I would definitely take into consideration your medical background and the fact that you sought out a second opinion and they confirmed a diagnosis before you let your surgeon operate on you. You will see that I removed your scan from your post. I only did this because it had your private medical information on it and we at Mayo Clinic Connect want to protect you at all costs. If you would like to crop the image and repost it, please feel free.
Have you considered seeking surgery with the second neurosurgeon instead?
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Hello, I have not considered neurosurgeon in lieu of my original orthopedic surgeon. I am scheduled a week from tomorrow and I'm quite nervous due to the length of time the calcified seroma has been there. When it was drained I had intense nerve pain throughout my body. I did have some pain relief days after drainage two months ago. One of my concerns with the arachnoiditis dx is that if I have surgery to remove the seroma and since a CSF leak is considered due to rapid refill, I will be getting patch that the arachnoiditis progression will escalate. I am a healthy, in shape, 61 yr old and am already seeing the affects of the surgery and complications. I will do everything available or suggested to keep progressive symptoms from developing. When I saw the question I was hoping for direction or voices of experience. Thanks I have an additional complication in the spine as I broke my neck as a kid and now have an area with cervical myelopathy. I am blessed so far that I do not have neck pain though and the neurologist said I do not need to rush any cervical fix.