Surgical Aftermath And NTG

Surgical interventions certainly have their place and often times
help either relieve pain or remove limitations to some restricted
functional state. There are times where it's quite unnecessary
and puts the patient further from health and restoring their best
quality of life. 
I've certainly had patients who did extremely well from surgical
intervention literally changing their life for the better from
the deficits they were experiencing. I've also had too many
experience no improvement and actual further deficits in
mobility, pain or permanent numbness or tingling. This episode
discusses a case that has many different factors that influenced
the outcomes which is why each case is unique and it's up to the
patient to have advocacy from multiple perspectives. This case
demonstrates the overt trust that surgical interventions are
positive and lead to the best outcomes. I hope you can share this
with someone you know who overtly empowers the medical system to
freelance by way of surgery or drugs so they can become their own
best advocate. Researching all sides and outcome percentages is
crucial in THEIR decision. 
Enjoy and please share -Dr. Wade