Neurosurgery Q&A - Page 46

Treatment for facial numbness after brain tumor surgery? Hello Doctor, my mother underwent surgery for a meningioma a year ago and subsequently received stereotactic radiosurgery. Since then, she has been experiencing persistent facial numbness and tingling. She has been on medic...

Can I bowl with an injury to the first lumbar vertebra? I suffered a compression fracture of the first lumbar vertebra last May, and it's been a year now. I will have the metal hardware removed in July. Can I go bowling indoors before July? Haha, because I really want to pla...

Head issues If a person experiences a significant head impact during childhood, and at the time only experiences pain and swelling, could this affect memory? Sometimes I forget things from a few weeks ago, and at times I might forget what I was about to do just a second ago. Is t...

Falling from a height of one and a half stories? I went to school to pick something up, but the door was locked. After I got what I needed, I couldn't open the door, so I had to jump down. I intended to prepare myself before jumping, but I lost my footing and fell. My body h...

Discomfort in the right neck? Hello Dr. Lai, I am currently a university student and have been experiencing tightness in my neck, from the base of my skull to my right shoulder, for about 8 weeks. I am unsure how this injury occurred: 1. It may have originated from a bicycle a...

Itchy sensation on the left side of the spine? Hello Doctor, since October of last year, I've been experiencing intense itching in my left upper back, specifically near the left scapula close to the spine, but there are no visible skin changes. The itching feels deep, almost...

Grandfather fell and underwent brain surgery? Hello, doctor. I would like to ask about brain surgery and what methods can improve the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score. My boyfriend's grandfather fell and hit his head, and he has already undergone brain surgery. His GCS is curr...

Head issues Today, while washing vegetables, I accidentally bumped the right side of my head against the dish dryer, just above my ear. It has swollen a bit. Should I go to the hospital for treatment, or will ice packs and a few days of rest be sufficient? Thank you.

Experiencing soreness in the neck after a massage? Hello doctor, I had a full body massage at a massage parlor yesterday, and now my neck is starting to feel sore. What should I do? Thank you, doctor.

In May 2016, I was involved in a car accident that resulted in a pelvic misalignment and numbness in my little finger? Hello Dr. Chang, I was in a car accident last year and suffered a comminuted fracture of the first lumbar vertebra. In June 2017, I underwent surgery to remove s...

One month ago, there was a major car accident, and surgery was performed on the sacrum. The toes of the left foot are noticeably less responsive? In early April, I was involved in a severe car accident that resulted in a fracture of my sacrum, nearly leaving me paralyzed. I under...

After one month of minimally invasive surgery for the slippage and stenosis at the L4-L5 vertebrae, I began to experience numbness in my legs? Hello Dr. Lai: I previously experienced difficulty walking with my right leg due to lumbar spondylolisthesis. At the end of February 2017...

Postoperative leg cramps after herniated disc surgery? Hello, I underwent surgery on the fifth lumbar vertebra and the first coccygeal vertebra about three weeks ago due to a rupture of the intervertebral disc, which caused a herniation that compressed the nerve in my left leg. F...

Partial loss of sensation on the skin surface? Hello, about a week ago, I started experiencing a patch of skin on the right side of my body near the pelvis that has no sensation (similar to hand numbness, but only very superficial). In the days leading up to the onset of symptoms...

Head trauma? About a month ago, around February 15, I was playing in the school dormitory and forgot there was a beam above me. I hit my head on it when I stood up, approximately twice. The next day, I started feeling unwell, experiencing slight dizziness, difficulty concentratin...

Is it safe to fly with an internal drainage tube? The baby is currently almost 5 months old and underwent a craniotomy for subdural hematoma drainage on February 19, followed by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement on March 7. Due to family circumstances, there will be frequent...

Hello, Dr. Chang! Hello Dr. Chang! I am Lin Huang-Po, the brother of your patient from December 29, 2015. Currently, my brother has had his left cranial bone removed by the doctors and brought back by the family. He is also suffering from pneumonia and sepsis. The doctors have ad...

Olfactory dysfunction following head trauma? Hello, Doctor. Three months ago, I fainted and hit the back of my head. Since then, I have lost my sense of smell. I have undergone both CT and MRI scans, which showed a skull fracture but no other abnormalities. I also visited an ENT ...

Head issues Hello, doctor. I would like to inquire about the issue of pain in the back of my head. Two days ago, after waking up, I experienced pain in the right occipital region (from the level of the ear towards the center of the back of the head on the right side) when I hiccu...

Absence of the left cranial bone? A family member was in a car accident and underwent surgery to remove the left side of the skull. Initially, the right side of the body was immobile, but now the left side of the body is immobile. What could be the reason for this?