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| A rhizotomy is a surgical procedure to sever what in the spinal cord? |
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| What is this procedure done to fix? |
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| Chronic back pain or spasticity in the lower extremities |
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| What position will the patient be in? |
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| What are the two possible things the surgeon could use to sever the nerves? |
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| Where is the incision made? |
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| About how long is the incision? |
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| What procedure is performed to gain access to the spinal cord and nerves? |
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| The ultrasound and x-ray is used to find what? |
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| The tip of the spinal cord and the natural separation of the sensory and motor nerves |
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| What is placed to provide a division between the two nerve sets? |
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| Which nerves stay under the pad? |
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| Why do the motor nerves stay under the pad? |
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| After the rootlets are tested, they are rated on a scale of ____ to ____ based on severity of damage. |
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| After severing the damaged nerves, where else is the procedure repeated? |
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| Between spinal nerves L2 and S2 |
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| After severing all damaged nerves, what is directly applied? |
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| About how long is the patient monitored in the hospital for? |
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| What wound classification is this procedure? |
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