By NU-Spine: The Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Institute Brick, NJ

01/18/2021 If you lately had back surgery or spine surgery and you’re experiencing new or persistent pain, there may be something wrong. Seek an opinion and possibly a new diagnosis from an experienced spinal expert like Dr. Branko Skovrlj at NU-Spine in Edison, New Jersey. Your symptoms point to failed back syndrome. Living with back pain can devastate your life by inhibiting your ability to work, exercise and socialize. Back pain after a hopeful surgery also affects your mood and emotions. Dr. Skovrlj, a renowned neurosurgeon in NJ, has the expertise and latest diagnostic and treatment technology to find a lasting solution for your back pain. Call NU-Spine today and free yourself at last from your debilitating back pain.

What Is Failed Back Syndrome?
Neurosurgeons recommend back surgery when non-surgical treatment fails. But any complications after surgery can lead to new chronic pain. At that point, your back needs further specialized attention. Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) or failed fusion syndrome is characterized by intractable pain after spinal surgery for back or leg pain.

While most back surgeries are successful, some pre-operative factors can increase the chances of failure. Dr. Branko Skovrlj — a spinal specialist at NU-Spine, The Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Institute, in Edison, NJ — uses advanced surgical methods and state-of-the-art technology for successful spinal treatment. He handles advanced spinal procedures for many spinal issues, including:

• Failed back syndrome
• Cervical kyphosis
• Post-laminectomy syndrome
• Lumbar slipped disc
• Spondylosis

What Are the Reasons for Failed Back Syndrome?
There are various reasons why back surgery fails, resulting in continued pain and other problems. Your spine surgeon works to identify the reason for the unsuccessful surgery through sound diagnostic practices. He then finds the most effective failed back syndrome treatment. The causes for failed back syndrome that your doctor explores include:

• Damage to the spinal nerve root
• An inaccurate diagnosis, which leads to an inappropriate treatment
• Repeated surgery on the same part of your body
• A failure to fuse two or more bones
• Implant failure
• A post-operative spinal infection
• Spinal stenosis
• Smoking, which leads to perioperative complications
• New spinal instability
• Scar tissues formed during healing
• A progressive disease, such as disc herniation, that kept getting worse after surgery
• A reaction to the spinal changes after back surgery
• Too much movement in the joints, known as joint hypermobility
• Epidural post-operative fibrosis
• Myofascial pain development
• Social factors, since people receiving workers’ compensation generally respond poorly to spine surgeries