Can Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Be Healed by Transverse Myelitis?

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 5; p. e39680
• Main Authors: Moreira, Elisa, Soares, Tiago, Evangelista, Rafaela, Torres, Ana, Caldas, Jorge
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 30.05.2023; Cureus
• Subjects: Back surgery; Chronic pain; Hospitals; Inflammatory diseases; Nervous system; Neurology; Pain Management; Patients; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord; Spinal cord injuries; chronic pain; longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (letm); spinal injury; failed back surgery syndrome (fbss); chronic low back pain (clbp)

Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a condition characterized by persistent or recurring back pain following spinal surgery. Etiological factors for FBSS are being studied by investigators and clinicians in an attempt to organize them based on their temporal relation to the surgery event. However...