joint infections (Tom Brady)
ABC National News last night reported on how Tom Brady (New England Patriots quarterback in case you live in a cave) knee surgery resulted in an infection in his joint requiring two more surgeries to clean out the infection and now he's on extensive antibiotics. The article states how infections in a joint can lead to permanent damage and eventually permanent pain or permanent arthritis b/c the bacteria is chewing up the tissue inside the joint. While the story is primarily about knees, the same risk of infection applies to our spines...
See http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6106737&page=1
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scoliosis; 1998 snowboarding injury->DDD L3-S1 w/annular tears/protrusions; 2007 episodes of rt foot drop
2007 Prodisc ADR L4-S1
L4-5 Prodisc tilted/facet issues; old L5 nerve damage
2009 L4-5 Prodisc ADR removed and revised to XLIF w/posterior instrumentation
massive hemorrhage from tear of inferior vena cava at right iliac vein due to adhesion from Prodisc op
2010 not fused; as a result of complications permanent nerve damage to lumbar plexus causing severe rt leg, hip, groin pain
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