Ɔltin bɔt ALIF (Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion) ɔpreshɔn fɔ bak pen

Yu de sɔfa bak wit bak pen we nɔ de go pan ɔl we yu de tek mɛrɛsin, du fisio, ɛn du ɔltin? Sɔmtɛm dis pen kin ivin kɔmɔt na di bak to di leg. If dis kayn tin apin, yu dɔktɔ go dɔn tɛl yu bɔt ALIF ɔpreshɔn. I nɔmal fɔ mek yu fil fred smɔl we dɛn tɔk bɔt di ɔpreshɔn. Bɔt nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt ɔltin insay simpul wɔd, wetin na dis ALIF ɔpreshɔn, aw dɛn kin du am, ɛn aw fɔ pripia fɔ am.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na ALIF ɔpreshɔn?

Di nem ALIF kin tan lɛk se i kɔmplikt smɔl, bɔt lɛ wi brok am to wɔd dɛn.

• A - Anterior: Dis min "frכm di fכnt." Dis min se di dɔktɔ we de du di ɔpreshɔn go akses yu spayna tru wan smɔl say we dɛn kɔt na di sayd we yu bɛlɛ de .
• L - Lumbar: Dis de rifer to di lכw pat pan yu bak . Bɔku pan di bak pen kin apin na dis eria.
• I - Intabodi: Dis min "bitwin tu vεrbral dεm." wi spayna na sכm sכm bon dεm (vεrbra) we dεn stכk pan dεn wan dεm. Dɛn kin du di ɔpreshɔn bitwin tu pan dɛn vayb dɛn ya.
• F - Fusion: Dis min "fɔ jɔyn togɛda".

imajin se di pat we lεk kushכn bitwin tu vεrbra dεm na yu spayna (wi kכl dis intavεrbral disk) dכn west. Dɔn dɛn bɛlɛ dɛn de rɔb togɛda, ɛn dɛn de prɛs di nɛv dɛn we de rɔn tru dɛn. Na da tɛm de bad bad bak pen kin kam.

So, insay ALIF ɔpreshɔn, yu kin go tru di bɛlɛ ɛn pul di ol disk we dɔn pwɛl, ɛn put nyu bon ɔ smɔl kech we dɛn mek wit taytaniɔm (graft). as tεm de go, di tu vεrbra dεm we de oba εn dכn de fכs tכgeda wit di nyu pat, we de bi wan strכng bon. Dɔn di kɔmpreshɔn na di nerve nɔ de igen ɛn di pen kin stɔp.

Udat nid dis ALIF ɔpreshɔn?

Dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du dis ɔpreshɔn we ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn (mɛdikeshɔn, ɛksesaiz, fisiotɛrapi) nɔ ɛp fɔ mek yu gɛt bak pen. Dɛn kin yuz dis ɔpreshɔn mɔ fɔ dɛn tin ya:

• Dijeneretiv Disk Disease: We di disk dεm bitwin di vεrbra dεm de wear dכn wit di ej כ fכ כda rizin, we de mek prεshכn pan di nεv dεm.
• Lumbar Radiculopathy: Kכndishכn dεm lεk pen εn sכmtεm we de rayt dכn di lεg dεm bikoz fכ kכmpreshכn wan spεnal nεv.
• Spondylolisthesis: Na di wan we de slayv wan vεrbra fכ go bifo oba כda wan.
• Skoliosis: Na tin dεm lεk we di spayna kכva.
• Dis we ya kin fayn ivin fɔ pɔsin we dɔn du bɔku ɔpreshɔn pan in bak bifo.

Aw yu kin pripia bifo dɛn du yu ɔpreshɔn?

Dis nɔto sɔntin we pɔsin kin disayd insay wan de. Bɔku tin dɛn de we yu ɛn yu dɔktɔ nid fɔ plan togɛda. Lɛ wi sheb dis pripiamɛnt to sɔm pat dɛn.

Aw dɛn kin du di ɔpreshɔn

Afta dɛn dɔn kɛr yu go na di ɔpreshɔn rum, di dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu go mek yu slip ɔl, so dat yu nɔ go fil ɛni pen.

Dis ɔpreshɔn tan lɛk we wan tim de tray fɔ du sɔntin. Tu dɔktɔ dɛn we de du ɔpreshɔn kin tek pat mɔ pan am.

1. Akses Surgeon: Dis dכkta in wok na fכ mek we fכ di spayna surgeon fכ akses yu spayna. I go mek smɔl say na yu bɛlɛ, lɛk 2-3 inch dɔŋ yu nɛv. Dɔn, dɛn go tek tɛm muf di mɔsul dɛn na di bɛlɛ, di sak we de na di bɛlɛ, ɛn di blɔd vesel dɛn na sayd fɔ mek ples fɔ di spɛnal kɔd.

2. Spine Surgeon: Naw di spayna spɛshal pɔsin de tek ova. I go pul di disk we dɔn pwɛl ɛn we dɔn pwɛl kpatakpata. Dɔn, dɛn go put di bon graft ɔ taytaniɔm kech (graft) we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt bifo tɛm insay di spes. If yu want am fɔ mek i nɔ muv rawnd, dɛn go put smɔl smɔl skru dɛn ɛn fiks dɛn.

We dis wok dɔn, di fɔs dɔktɔ kin kam bak ɛn put di insay, blɔd vesel, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn bak na dɛn ples, stich di bɛlɛ mɔsul dɛn, ɛn lɔk di say we dɛn kɔt di skin.

Dis ɔpreshɔn kin tek lɛk wan to tu awa so, bɔt i kin tek lɔng tɛm if dɛn nid fɔ chenj bɔku bɔku disk dɛn ɔ if yu bin dɔn du ɔpreshɔn pan yu bɛlɛ bifo tɛm.

Wetin kin apin afta di ɔpreshɔn?

Afta di ɔpreshɔn, dɛn go kip yu na say we yu go wɛl te yu gɛt kɔnshɛns bak. Na de, nɔs dɛn go de chɛk yu puls ɛn aw yu de blo ɔltɛm, ɛn gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu fil pen.

Dɔn dɛn go transfa yu na di wɔd. Yu go gɛt fɔ de na di ɔspitul fɔ lɛk tri to 4 dez. Insay dis tɛm, .

• Wi de tek tɛm wach fɔ ɛni sayn we de sho se pɔsin gɛt di sik.
• Di fɔs de afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn, dɛn go ɛnkɔrej yu fɔ grap ɛn waka rawnd smɔl. Dis rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu wɛl kwik kwik wan.

Di prɔses fɔ mek pɔsin wɛl

I kin tek sɔm mɔnt fɔ mek i wɛl ɔl. Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ es wet, bɛn na yu wes, ɔ tɔn yu bɔdi fɔ sɔm wiks. i kin tek wan ia fכ di bon fragmεnt we dεn put insay fכ fulכp fכ fכs wit di vεrbra.

Wetin na di bɛnifit ɛn risk dɛn we ALIF ɔpreshɔn gɛt?

Lɛk ɛni ɔpreshɔn, dis wan gɛt bɛnifit dɛn ɛn i gɛt smɔl smɔl prɔblɛm dɛn bak.

Di bɛnifit dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt

• Dis nɔ de pwɛl di mɔsul dɛn we de biɛn di bak. Bikɔs di say we dɛn kɔt de na di bɛlɛ, i nɔ kin mek i fil pen ɛn i nɔ kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ mek i wɛl.
• dis mεtכd de alaw fכ bεtε fכ pul di disk εn insay wan big bon fragmεnt pas wan posita lכmba intavεrbral diskεktכmi (PLIF).
• Dis we ya kin bi ivin pɔsin we dɛn bin dɔn du ɔpreshɔn pan in bak bifo.

Risk dɛn (Kɔmplikeshɔn dɛn) .

• Di risk fɔ gɛt infɛkshɔn ɛn fɔ blɔd pasmak na tin we kin apin insay ɛni ɔpreshɔn.
• Nɛv dɛn we dɔn pwɛl.
• Damej na di intestinal, blad, ɔ blɔd vesel. (Dɛn tin ya nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm)
• di protrushכn fכ di bכdi mכsul dεm tru di insishכn (incisional hernia).

Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen ɔl dis to yu.

Ustɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya afta yu dɔn go bak na os , kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɔ go na di ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU).

• If yu gɛt fiva, fil kol ɛn shek shek.
• If di wund we dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn rɛd, swel, i de pen we yu tɔch am, ɔ i de kɔmɔt na di pus (dɛn kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt infekshɔn).
• If di pen tranga pas aw yu bin de tink ɛn nɔr de stɔp ivin afta yu dɔn tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu fil pen.

Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil fɔ fred ɛn shem we yu de tink bɔt ALIF ɔpreshɔn. Bikɔs sɔntɛm yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi sɔfa bɔku wit bak prɔblɛm. Dis na big tin we yu fɔ disayd fɔ du na yu layf. So tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɔl yu kwɛstyɔn ɛn tin dɛn we yu de fred. Dɛn go ɛksplen ɔltin to yu ɛn ɛp yu fɔ disayd fɔ du di bɛst.