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My father had a surgery on 28th February 2023 for cervical spondylitis myelopathy, now after one week he is still having severe pain in shoulders and arms and he is feeling little numbness in legs too. Herewith attached the discharge summary given by the doctor and CT scan. Please advice.
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Decompression takes time to recover the nerves and spinal cord start osteoneuromuscular Therapy under guidance of orthopaedic surgeon Consult me search browse on goggle practo website Dr Rajinder sharma senior Orthopaedic neurospine joint Replace surgeon ,42 years expertise chandigarh health Department Govt Multispeciality Hospital retired Chandigarh(U.T)
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Decompression surgeries don't show up results so early it will take some time.
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keep in followup with your operating surgeon
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He has undergone decompression surgery and the nerves would take time to recover from the compression effects they were under for so long. Continue to take the medication given in discharge summary for adequate recovery.
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Keep following up with your surgeon time to time.
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It wil take time.. Follow your doctor advice..
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