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| Failed Back Syndrome | |
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| Specialty | Neurosurgery Orthopaedic Surgery |
Failed Back Syndrome (abbreviated as FBS) is a condition characterized by chronic pain following back surgeries.[1][2] The term "post-laminectomy syndrome" is sometimes used by doctors to indicate the same condition as failed back syndrome.[3] Many factors can contribute to the onset or development of FBS, including residual or recurrent spinal disc herniation, persistent post-operative pressure on a spinal nerve, altered joint mobility, joint hypermobility with instability, scar tissue (fibrosis), depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, spinal muscular deconditioning and Cutibacterium acnes infection.[4] An individual may be predisposed to the development of FBS due to systemic disorders such as diabetes, autoimmune disease and peripheral blood vessels (vascular) disease.
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- ^ "Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Surgery Syndrome)". Hospital for Special Surgery. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ Capoor MN, Ruzicka F, Schmitz JE, James GA, Machackova T, Jancalek R, et al. (2017-04-03). "Propionibacterium acnes biofilm is present in intervertebral discs of patients undergoing microdiscectomy". PLOS ONE. 12 (4): e0174518. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1274518C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174518. PMC 5378350. PMID 28369127.