Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
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| Failed back surgery syndrome is an unfortunate and all too common result of unsuccessful spinal surgery.
Back surgery
is a painful and traumatic experience to endure. Patients will put themselves through this terrible ordeal with the hope of finding permanent pain relief. Many of these patients do not achieve a positive result after surgery. Some even have worse pain after the operation than before and find that they have been significantly reduced in their flexibility and mobility. For these patients, the dream of
back pain relief
has transformed into the nightmare of
unsuccessful back surgery.
Spinal surgery is the only type of operative intervention in the world which actually has a condition named for its poor curative statistics. When there is a literal epidemic of failed spine surgeries which do not discourage patients from going under the knife, what will?
What is Failed Back Surgery Syndrome?
Unsuccessful back surgery syndrome is more than a condition describing disappointing results from a spinal operation. Instead, the condition should be defined as complete emotional and physical torment. Spinal surgery is a tremendous trauma to mind and body and is only tolerated due to the possibility for a cure. However, when things actually get worse after surgery, the patient finds themselves in a wide awake nightmare which will likely have no end. The pain typically continues after the surgery or even become much more intense. The patient may also suffer from additional physical symptoms, including a reduction in their ability to do the things they once did. This
disability
may be permanent. Many patients also suffer from psychological effects such as depression,
anxiety
and rage. They have exhausted all their hopes for a complete
recovery
and have been let down terribly.
Causes of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
It is possible that the surgeon is just not any good. This can cause a poor surgical result in even the most appropriate operation. A lack of skill or a surgical mistake can cause pain to remain post surgery.
Iatrogenesis
is all too common in the surgical industry.
Scar tissue,
infection or other
back surgery complication
can also cause the pain to continue after an operation. These conditions are sometimes temporary and therefore do not really contribute to true cases of permanent failed surgery syndrome. The most common cause for a poor surgical result is an inaccurate diagnosis of the true source of the back or neck pain.
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Reality
Doctors wonder why there are so many cases of patients displaying this condition. How come there is no other type of failed surgery syndrome? The answer to this question is simple. Unsuccessful back surgery is so prevalent since SURGERY is rarely the best treatment option for back pain. Some doctors
misdiagnose back pain
conditions MORE OFTEN than they get it right. Other treatment options are conservative. Although they might not be effective at ending the pain, at least they do not cause more harm than good. Surgery, on the other hand, can do so much damage to the body. If the diagnosed condition is not correct, than the surgery is actually destroying healthy tissue that has simply been mistakenly blamed for causing the discomfort. These
back pain scapegoat
conditions are rarely the actual cause of the suffering and account for the majority of unsuccessful surgical outcomes.
Psychological back pain
may be the true cause of many common symptomatic dorsopathy syndromes. There is NO SURGERY that can cure this condition, since the root elements exist in the mind, not the spine. Unfortunately, spinal surgeons rarely recognize this condition for what it really is. They will continue to operate and continue to create REAL DISABILITY in patients who could possibly be easily, safely and permanently cured using
knowledge therapy.
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Advice
Do not take the idea of
spinal surgery
lightly. This is a serious treatment option and there is no guarantee that it will cure your pain. Exhaust EVERY conservative treatment before thinking about surgery as a final option for pain relief. The majority of patients try several physical treatment options before surgery, but never consider why they all fail. They simply hold on to that possibly incorrect diagnosis and charge forward seeking treatment after treatment until they land right on the operating table. Will the operation succeed? Well, maybe. However, statistics speak volumes that it WILL NOT. Patients must be very cautious and think long and carefully about undergoing surgery at any stage of life. Sure, the hope is that everything will improve. But... No matter how bad things currently are, they can always get WORSE. Surgery is known for making matters worse in many, many cases. Then what do you do?
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome to Back Pain
11/18/06 Revised 2/4/12
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