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Is Surgery feasible?
Please help to suggest if Surgery is feasible?
Patient age - 63 yrs, Bed ridden, suffering from Urinary Incontinence and Retention. Also suffering from SCA12 (SpinoCerebellar Ataxia 12).
PFA Cervical Spine & Lumbar Spine MRI Reports. Following is the given summary comprises main points.
Cervical Spine - Reversal of lordotic curvature noted.
Cervical spinal Canal narrowing, maximum at C4-C5 level measuring 4mm. Cervical cord shows subtle altered signal intensity at C4-C5 level, suggestive of Myelopathy.
Lumbar Spine - Straightening with loss of normal lumbar lordotic curvature noted.
Spinal canal narrowing at L4-L5 level measuring 6mm.
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Dr. Sanatan Satapathy
Neurosurgeon
1 yrs exp
Cuttack
As per MRI scan surgery should be done...but final decision can be taken only after examining the said patient.
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consult Neurosurgeon soon
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