Hey,
I've noticed lately that some people (Sue M., Capt Nitro and others I can't remember their names)that have had the DREZ procedure done have had good results. I was wondering why haven't many more people with the ever constant BPI pain gotten this procedure done.
Till next time, Dick
Why not DREZ?
Re: Why not DREZ?
I think the reason is because it is a very long and very difficult surgery.
It involves removing small sections from the spine at the cervical level (called a laminectomy)The surgeon then works on the exposed spinal cord on the nerve endings that were left from the avulsions. These are cauterised by either a laser or radiofrequency device to ablate the endings. The theory is that this ablation will stop the nerve endings from sending pain signals to the brain...obviously t's more complicated than that, but you see what I mean.
The danger is that the surgeon may burn too deep and cause other problems like bladder comtrol problems and/or leg problems, or that he'll not burn deep enough and the pain problem will still remain together with the new pain of the laminectomy etc healing.
DREZ is really the last resort and is not always successful and I think this is the reason why it isn't performed that often.
If the TBPI Group messageboards hadn't been decimated by a hacker (along with thousands of others on Ezboard) I could have directed you to at least two very detailed and interesting threads written by 2 people who have recently gone through this procedure.
Look up Nashold procedure in Google and you'll find quite a bit of info.
Lizzy B
It involves removing small sections from the spine at the cervical level (called a laminectomy)The surgeon then works on the exposed spinal cord on the nerve endings that were left from the avulsions. These are cauterised by either a laser or radiofrequency device to ablate the endings. The theory is that this ablation will stop the nerve endings from sending pain signals to the brain...obviously t's more complicated than that, but you see what I mean.
The danger is that the surgeon may burn too deep and cause other problems like bladder comtrol problems and/or leg problems, or that he'll not burn deep enough and the pain problem will still remain together with the new pain of the laminectomy etc healing.
DREZ is really the last resort and is not always successful and I think this is the reason why it isn't performed that often.
If the TBPI Group messageboards hadn't been decimated by a hacker (along with thousands of others on Ezboard) I could have directed you to at least two very detailed and interesting threads written by 2 people who have recently gone through this procedure.
Look up Nashold procedure in Google and you'll find quite a bit of info.
Lizzy B