Panel: 71 Year Old Long- Standing Spinal Canal Stenosis Refusing - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Arthur L. Jenkins, III MD FACS Founder, Jenkins NeuroSpine

Panel: 71 Year Old Long- Standing Spinal Canal Stenosis Refusing “Surgical” Intervention

71 YEAR OLD

• Presents with progressive difficulty

walking over 5 years

• Former Heavy smoker
• Now S/P first MI 2 years ago, COPD,

DM, Morbid Obesity

• History of SSI from his prior shoulder

surgery

Got a consult from Man’s Best Hospital

• Told needed a ”Big” ”Dangerous”
• peration.
• Comes to you, doesn’t want ”Surgery”
• Told by his PMD that he wouldn’t be cleared

even if he wanted it

What would you do?

Thank you!

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