ArticleJournal of chiropractic medicine2012
Manipulation under anesthesia for patients with failed back surgery: retrospective report of 3 cases with 1-year follow-up.
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- Clinician approaches to spinal manipulation for persistent spinal pain after lumbar surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2023Pooled it
- A description of serious adverse events following spinal manipulative therapy for adults with history of spine surgery: a single institution retrospective chart review.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Article
- Management of patients with prior lumbar fusion: a cross-sectional survey of Veterans Affairs chiropractors' attitudes, beliefs, and practices.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- Manipulation Under Anesthesia in Infants With Arthrogenic Newborn Torticollis: A Retrospective Case Series.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2018Article
- Neural Mobilization in a 54-Year-Old Woman With Postoperative Spinal Adhesive Arachnoiditis.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2018Article
- Outcomes indicators and a risk classification system for spinal manipulation under anesthesia: a narrative review and proposal.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2018Review
- Chiropractic management of post spinal cord stimulator spine pain: a case report.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2017Article
- A Narrative Review of Lumbar Fusion Surgery With Relevance to Chiropractic Practice.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2016Review
- Chiropractic Distraction Spinal Manipulation on Postsurgical Continued Low Back and Radicular Pain Patients: A Retrospective Case Series.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2016Article
- Manipulation under anesthesia for lumbopelvic pain: a retrospective review of 18 cases.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2014Article
- Chiropractic management of postoperative spine pain: a report of 3 cases.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2013Article
- Spinal manipulation under anesthesia: a narrative review of the literature and commentary.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis report describes the treatment of 3 patients with previous spinal fusion surgery who had subsequently regressed to their previous levels of pain and disability. CLINICAL FEATURES: Three patients with chronic intractable pain presented to a private integrative medicine clinic for manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) evaluation. All 3 patients had previously had lumbar spine fusion surgery for intervertebral disk herniation. All surgeries were performed at least 2 years before clinical presentation. Patients had plateaued with other conservative pain management strategies before seeking MUA treatment. INTERVENTION AND OUTCOMES: The patients were evaluated for MUA. The patients received a serial MUA over 3 consecutive days by trained chiropractic and osteopathic physicians. Outcome assessments used for each patient included a quadruple numerical pain rating scale and functional rating index. Patients completed a course of post-MUA physiotherapy and rehabilitation lasting 8 weeks immediately after the serial MUA. Clinical improvements were observed in all 3 outcome assessments after the MUA, the post-MUA therapy, and were essentially maintained 1 year after conclusion of treatment.
conclusionThree patients with failed back surgery were treated conservatively using MUA by trained chiropractic and osteopathic physicians followed by 8 weeks of post-MUA therapy. Pain and disability outcomes all improved immediately following treatment.
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