Scar tissue after a lumbar fusion operation
Channel: Dr. Todd S. Koppel GSPM
Date: 2018-12-01

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Website: www.gspmweb.com As I discuss throughout my website, my goal is to treat patients with minimally invasive therapies.  Patients who have fusion operations, as this patient, can develop scar tissue in their spine which is permanent.  This video shows scar tissue at the L5 nerve root, and the dye has difficulty spreading upward towards L4, in the middle of the surgery site.  Such operations should be a last resort after exhausting all other options.