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pain after posterior cervical fusion?

Spine Health | Last Active: Aug 29, 2023 | Replies (5)

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Please don’t assume that CRPS is the correct diagnosis. My daughter had ankle pain for 2 years after an ankle injury that was improperly treated. She could not walk and her leg atrophied. We were told it was CRPS but didn’t believe that.
Mayo accepted her and eventually correctly diagnosed her with tarsal tunnel syndrome that needed surgery.
Bless Dr. Spinner. He fixed her.
Please don’t assume the CRPS diagnosis is correct. Keep pressing for answers. It may take a while.

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I am very hesitant of the CRPS diagnosis, I do know it is a real diagnosis as my mum suffers from it after carpal tunnel surgery but I also know something is not right with my cervical spine, as I find pain is positional and very similar to before surgery. I’m starting to think the CRPS diagnosis is a get out of jail free card when they don’t know exactly what is going on but since I now have “CRPS” no doctor wants to intervene in case it spreads.
All that seems to be happening is changing up and increasing medication

My most recent MRI clearly states
Anterior spinal fusion at C6/7 level with satisfactory alignment. There is loss of disc signal at C5/6 level with disc height space reduction and there is stretching of the posterior longitudinal ligament at
this level with disc-osteopnvte complex
There is effacement of the anterior CSF space with also subtle undulation of the anterior surface of the cord. There is slight blurring of the signal at the right-sided dorsal root ganglion at this level and
narrowing of the right neural foramen.

But still 2 different neurosurgeons disagree with the findings as my EMG came back normal