Patient Stories
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Dr. Chan determined patient issue was with the lumbosacral level (L5-S1) where the lumbar spine ends/sacral spine begins. Since patient's symptoms persisted despite physical therapy, multiple medications, and an epidural steroid injection, the option of surgery became reasonable.
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In a 6-week post-surgery interview, Dr. Raymond Sekula speaks with Tulsie Singh who had been suffering from trigeminal neuralgia since 2020. Mr. Singh traveled from Trinidad to Columbia Neurosurgery. Before working with Dr. Sekula, this patient's facial pain was so severe that he could not put a toothbrush in his mouth and medication did not provide relief. Dr. Sekula discusses using microvascular decompression surgery with a hospital stay of mere hours for this man to be completely pain-free four days later and off all medications.
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When Carly Hirschberg went to see Dr. Feldstein about her Chiari malformation, she ended up with more than she ever imagined: a symptom-free life and a start on the path to practicing medicine.
