A 44 year old female patient developed severe radiating left arm and neck pain.
Her MRI scan revealed this to be caused by a large left C5/6 disc prolapse compressing the C6 nerve root.
Non-operative measures including rest, analgesic medication, physiotherapy and a nerve root steroid injection were used but her symptoms failed to respon.
This animation explains Cervical Radiculopathy or Pinched Nerves in the Neck. Please click ‘continue reading’ to watch. Continue reading…
I recently operated on a 14 year old male student who presented due to the rapid development of an abnormal spinal curvature. He suffered minimal back pain and no neurological symptoms.
He was diagnosed with a severe idiopathic scoliosis more typically seen in adolescent females, as shown in the images left. Continue reading…
