Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 There was a post that said nsg's only do surgery when the CSF is impaired, that this is the only time it is indicated. Is this true? Can you have symptoms when the CSF is not impaired? I was under the impression, surgery is done for that reason, but also if symptoms are indicating it. Am I mistaken? Thanks, Sue in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 That is not quite true. My surgery was done because I was very symptomatic. Many of the symptoms subsided after the surgery. My NSG was amazed at the amount of improvement in the signs that I had, let me add that I was please also about the regress of them (symptoms). I have recently undergone a flow MRI. I will be see my Neuro again mid June to see if a shunt would be a viable solution at this juncture. Cheers, Mitch CSF flow and surgery : There was a post that said nsg's only do surgery when the CSF is impaired, that this is the only time it is indicated. Is this true? Can you have symptoms when the CSF is not impaired? : I was under the impression, surgery is done for that reason, but also if symptoms are indicating it. Am I mistaken? : Thanks, : Sue in CA : : : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 Sue, I don't know if you can be symptomatic if there is no CSF flow problem - however, I do know that many doctors don't really know how to interpret CSF flow in relation to symptomatology. We had 2 experts tell us there were CSF flow problems with my daughter and 4 others say it was fine. Decompression surgery alleviated many symptoms. Eurico > There was a post that said nsg's only do surgery when the CSF is impaired, that this is the only time it is indicated. Is this true? Can you have symptoms when the CSF is not impaired? > I was under the impression, surgery is done for that reason, but also if symptoms are indicating it. Am I mistaken? > Thanks, > Sue in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 I don't know what the surgery would be for if not to enlarge the area so CSF can flow, unless there is an anatomical problem to be addressed. Marsha Langaard CSF flow and surgery There was a post that said nsg's only do surgery when the CSF is impaired, that this is the only time it is indicated. Is this true? Can you have symptoms when the CSF is not impaired? I was under the impression, surgery is done for that reason, but also if symptoms are indicating it. Am I mistaken? Thanks, Sue in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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