Failed Back Syndrome
What is failed back surgery syndrome?
Failed back surgery syndrome is when a patient experiences new, recurrent or persistent back or leg pain and disability despite undergoing a prior low back surgery. Unfortunately, a significant proportion of patients who had lumbar spine surgery continue to have persistent pain and impaired function and a low quality of life.
There are many and varied reasons for patients to have continued pain after back surgery. The diagnosis of failed back surgery syndrome requires a detailed review of past symptoms, surgeries, and current symptoms to rule out other causes of pain.
Dr. Singh evaluates the patient’s condition to determine whether the patient has failed back surgery syndrome, and whether there is any structural and possibly correctable reason for the pain.
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Dr. Kern Singh, MD is an internationally renowned spine surgeon specializing in outpatient minimally invasive and motion-preserving techniques and endoscopic spine surgery at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Kern is one of the nation’s Top 100 spine surgeons and beloved by his patients for his compassionate care and excellent outcomes. He welcomes nationally and internationally-based patients.
References
- Gatzinsky K, Eldabe S, Deneuville JP, Duyvendak W, Naiditch N, Van Buyten JP, Rigoard P. Optimizing the Management and Outcomes of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Proposal of a Standardized Multidisciplinary Team Care Pathway. Pain Res Manag. 2019 Jul 8;2019:8184592. doi: 10.1155/2019/8184592. PMID: 31360272; PMCID: PMC6644221.
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Dr. Kern Singh
- Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgeon
- Inventor and surgeon innovator with multiple patents in spinal surgery and instrumentation
- Author of more than 10 textbooks in minimally invasive spinal surgery
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