Abstract
Setting: Acute inpatient rehabilitation facility. Patient: A 59-year-old woman with postlaminectomy syndrome. Case Description: The patient’s history involved multilevel degenerative disk disease, knee derangement, neck fusion, and multiple failed back surgeries. She subsequently had a T8-9 spinal cord stimulator implanted for chronic pain control. 2 days after the procedure she returned to the emergency department for severe abdominal pain and computed tomography (CT) was performed. Just prior to the test the patient noted significant difficulty transferring onto the examination table, and by its end reported the inability to move either of her legs.
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