"Benign" Procedures Still Have Inherent Risks
Well, I just wanted to pass a story along to everyone.
There is a physician at school that has had severe complications from a "routine" CT scan. He was admitted to the hospital for a simple ventral hernia procedure. The CT scan dye caused renal failure and he ended up having multi-system problems and infection, which resulted in a three month stay in the hospital.
This is just a gentle reminder that even procedures / imaging we treat as "benign" like CT scans still have inherent risks. We, as patients, tend to forget this...
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-Justin
1994 Football Injury
1997 Snow Skiing Injury
Laminotomy L4/L5 (3.7.97--17 years old)
1999 & 2003 MVA (not at fault both times)
Grade V Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6* *lumbosacral transitional vertebra (11.15.03--23 years old)
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