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Neurosurgery

Choroid Plexus Papilloma Surgery Complications

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Dear Dr. Joshua, I had surgery 12/04 to remove a benign choriod plexus papilloma in the fourth ventrical. I now suffer from double vision, lack of coordination (left side) and poor balance. All of which have improved slightly, can I expect further improvement after two years?
How often should I have follow-up MRI’s? [...]

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Cervical Disc Bulging after Injury, Neurosurgeon ordered Shoulder MRI

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

After suffering an injury in October,2006, I had an MRI done. The results of the MRI were:
At the C5/C6 level, there is a bulging disk which is asymmetric to the left. This is superimposed in bilateral uncinate hypertrophy and results in mild to moderate central and bilateral neural foraminal stenosis.
At the C6/C7 level, [...]

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Eye Symptoms a Sign of Brain Aneurysm?

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

By way of brief background, I am young (24 year old male), athletic (former personal trainer), do not smoke, use drugs or drink heavily, and have no medical history of any clinically significant illness or injury. I have been taking low doses of Adderall (10mg or less) occasionally for the last 3 years. [...]

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Cosmetic Surgery Repair for Craniotomy Defect

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Hi Doctor Joshua
please can you give me some advice, Im having a second cranioplasty operation in a few months to fill a defect which I was left with after a tumor removal in 1999 when I was 16. In May last year ( o6) I had a titanium plate fitted to the side of my [...]

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Vertigo, dizziness, neck pain, disc degeneration

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Dear Dr. Joshua,
I have been experiencing very severe pain starting in my neck, and radiating across my shoulder, down my arm and into my thumb. This started just before Christmas. I have been seeing my Chiropoactor who suggests that I have a “C6 impingement”, but based on my pain level, he suggested I go to [...]

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Whiplash injury symptoms?

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

I have had neck/back pain since a young child. I am 31 now. I had whiplash from being startled by a spider in June. I started doing Yoga which helped until Sept. when I started having severe muscle cramps in my legs and feet. My hand began to “wobble” back and forth when I would [...]

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Car Accident Insurance - Cervical Spine Injury?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

I was in a bad car accident 15 months ago and still have burning and tingling in my left arm down to my thumb and shoulder pain. Two orthopaedic dr’s said nothing wrong with arm and that the only damage to my discs is normal degenerative damage not caused by accident and though an MRI [...]

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Nerve Cut by Surgeon - Will the Nerve Heal?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Hi Doctor, in july I underwent a radical procedure where my inguinal nerve was cut without my prior consent.
I am wondering if it is possible for a neurologist to get back in there and reconnect it? and if so is there any deadline from the surgery for it to remain a posibility?
Thank you.
Doctor Sinuhe [...]

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Back Brace for Compression Fracture due to Car Accident

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

I am a 26 year old female who suffered a compression fracture of my L1 vertebra approx. 6 weeks ago due to a MVA. I was pain free after two weeks discontiuned use of my TLSO back brace a few days ago, which was recommended for me to wear for three months. Some information I [...]

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Migraines, Spells - Seizures? Arteriovenous Malformation?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Let me start by saying, off and on for most of my adult life (I am 35) I have had passing out spells and migraines…sometimes together, sometimes totally unrelated to one another. In the past couple of years I have started having what my husband believes to be seizures. I always have a horrible headache [...]

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