Man saved of paralysis with decompression surgery at Artemis
Gurgaon: A young man suffering from spinal tuberculosis and unable to move either of his legs was cured of the paralysis after undergoing a "decompression surgery" by an innovative approach at a private hospital here.
Aryavrat, 23, a resident of Panipat district, was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the spine and had already undergone treatment when he came last month to Artemis hospital here.
He was completely paralysed and unable to move either of his lower limbs.
Aryavrat was admitted, investigated and found to have his two vertebrae, D9 and D10, completely destroyed with severe compression of spinal cord and adjoining nerve roots.
After all examinations, a team of doctors at Artemis, led by Rajesh Verma, Head (orthopaedics), decided on an emergency "decompression surgery".
It's a type of surgery used to treat compressed nerves in the lower (lumbar) spine. The surgery aims to improve symptoms such as persistent pain and numbness in the legs caused by pressure on the nerves in the spine.
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