Is May 10th A More Suitable Date For Cervical Spondylosis Surgery?

Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2017

Question: Hello I hope you remember me.
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I have a simple question, (at least I think so)
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if your MRI indicated Cervical Spondylosis with myelopathy With severe Cervical Stenosis,
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You told your surgeon that you felt your CMS Nerve pain (sign) and symptom Worsening daily
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That you were offered only two surgery dates:
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May 10 or XXXXXXX 7 ( of any year) which surgery dates would you pick?

LET'S TRY THIS ANOTHER WAY
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if your MRI indicated Cervical Spondylosis with myelopathy With severe Cervical Stenosis,
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You told your surgeon that you felt your CMS Nerve pain (sign) and symptom Worsening daily
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That you were offered only two surgery dates:
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May 10 or XXXXXXX 7 ( of any year)
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which surgery date would you pick to have the severe stenosis in your c4-c7 cervical spinal cord removed and thus decompressed with fusion to prevent any further progression (hopefully) of your CSM symptoms?

Answered by Dr. Aashish Raghu (35 hours later)

Brief Answer:
May 10

Detailed Answer:
Hi there

I do remember you. How are you doing.

It is better to choose the earliest date to help tide over the symptoms sooner before complications develop.

Get your Anaesthetic fitness and Medical fitness done soon before surgery.

I hope I have answered your query.

I will be available to answer your follow up queries.

Regards,

Dr.Aashish Raghu

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee