Semi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study

Simon D Taylor-Robinson,1 Guglielmo Trovato2 1Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK; 2Department of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, ItalyCorrespondence: Simon D Taylor-RobinsonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, South Wharf Street, Lon...

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Autores principales:	Taylor-Robinson SD, Trovato G
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2021
Materias:	chronic pain neurosurgery operative choices cervical disc prolapse Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4bc5bc38021e46ab82d6ac92913d60022021-11-07T18:42:56ZSemi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study1177-889Xhttps://doaj.org/article/4bc5bc38021e46ab82d6ac92913d60022021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/semi-elective-cervical-disc-replacements-for-cervical-myelopathy-a-qua-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PPAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-889XSimon D Taylor-Robinson,1 Guglielmo Trovato2 1Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK; 2Department of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, ItalyCorrespondence: Simon D Taylor-RobinsonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, South Wharf Street, London, W2 !NY, UKEmail Str338333@gmail.comAbstract: Cervical disc prolapse can be accompanied by severe pain, numbness, paraesthesiae and muscle weakness. The choice lies between a conservative approach with physiotherapy and pain modulating drugs, such as gabapentin, or a more active surgical approach, ranging from nerve decompression through vertebral foraminotomy through to cervical disc replacement. We relate the experience of a medically qualified patient in having disc prolapse at three cervical levels and what it was like to experience a lonely and difficult post-surgical recovery. Despite this, the patient would still choose active surgical decompression over a non-interventional approach. The reasons for this are discussed from the patient perspective, of which there is little directly in the medical literature.Keywords: chronic pain, neurosurgery, operative choices, cervical disc prolapseTaylor-Robinson SDTrovato GDove Medical Pressarticlechronic painneurosurgeryoperative choicescervical disc prolapseMedicine (General)R5-920ENPatient Preference and Adherence, Vol Volume 15, Pp 2455-2458 (2021)
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description	Simon D Taylor-Robinson,1 Guglielmo Trovato2 1Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK; 2Department of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, ItalyCorrespondence: Simon D Taylor-RobinsonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, South Wharf Street, London, W2 !NY, UKEmail Str338333@gmail.comAbstract: Cervical disc prolapse can be accompanied by severe pain, numbness, paraesthesiae and muscle weakness. The choice lies between a conservative approach with physiotherapy and pain modulating drugs, such as gabapentin, or a more active surgical approach, ranging from nerve decompression through vertebral foraminotomy through to cervical disc replacement. We relate the experience of a medically qualified patient in having disc prolapse at three cervical levels and what it was like to experience a lonely and difficult post-surgical recovery. Despite this, the patient would still choose active surgical decompression over a non-interventional approach. The reasons for this are discussed from the patient perspective, of which there is little directly in the medical literature.Keywords: chronic pain, neurosurgery, operative choices, cervical disc prolapse
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title	Semi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study
title_short	Semi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study
title_full	Semi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr	Semi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed	Semi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study
title_sort	semi-elective cervical disc replacements for cervical myelopathy: a qualitative study
publisher	Dove Medical Press
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Semi-Elective Cervical Disc Replacements for Cervical Myelopathy: A Qualitative Study

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