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neurosurgery.tv
The patient came to the clinic
15-July-2006 complaining of LBP with right sciatica for 10 months with
mild scoliotic stance. The patient could walk 6 months ago more than
3 Km, but now cannot walk more than 50 meters with intermittent
claudication.
MRI of the spine performed 06-July-2006 showed LCS L3-4 and more
severe at L4-5.
On examination: weak dorsiflexion and palnterflexion both feet
with continuous numbness of the big toe right foot.
Decompressive laminectomy L4 and partial of L3 and L5 was
performed with foraminotomy of both L5 roots.
The patient was discharged the next postoperative day with full
recovery of her neurological deficit.
Comments:
1. LCS when
progressing, surgery give better results when the patient still not
suffering from irreversible damage to the neural structures.
Skyra MRI with all clinical applications in the run since 28-Novemeber-2013.
Inomed Riechert-Mundinger System, with three point
fixation is the most accurate system in the market. The microdrive and
its sensor gives feed back about the localization.
Inomed MER system
Leica HM500
The World's first and the only Head mounted Microscope.
Freedom combined with Outstanding Vision, but very bad video recording and
documentation.
After long years TRUMPF TruSystem 7500 is running with in the neurosuite at
Shmaisani hospital starting from 23-March-2014
LooksCam II in the run starting from 14-March-2020
