And Care Plan/ Ortho - Case Study Example

Download file to see previous pages... Coupling the surgical repair with regular exercising and nursing care, the patient is likely to recover well over time. Lastly, on the management, patients are advised to have an application of ice or heat at the painful area interchangeably. The recommendation is ice application for the first 48 to 72 hours then followed by heat compressions (Menorca, Fussell, & Elfar, 2013). The prognosis depends on the extent of nerve injury. Most of the times with advanced nerve injury, there is permanent damage to the nerve hence impairing it completely, in such a case patients sometimes have to use wheelchairs
L5-S1 is significant for the fact one branch of the sciatic nerve originates from this point. Thus, compression at this point means that the sciatic nerve will be injured hence releasing the symptoms down the lower limb where it supplies. The L5-S1 height drop is caused by compression of the spinal code. Compression of the vertebral discs is a medical condition usually referred to as lumbar spinal stenosis. As the spinal cord narrows, it presses on the nerves located on the level hence eliciting a series of symptoms on the sites where the nerves supply. From the case study, there is a clear indication that the sciatic nerve is injured, and the injury is caused by the compressed vertebrae.
There are various causes of compressed vertebrae. First, the compression can be as a result of ankolysing spondlitis that is a chronic disease that is characterized by inflammation of the axial skeleton; there is variable involvement of both the non-articular structures and the peripheral joints. It is among the spondyloarthropathies that have a strong genetic predisposition. Mainly, it affects joints in the sacroiliac, spine and the pelvis. In some severe cases, the condition can lead to complete spinal discs fusion. The prevalence of the syndrome is about 12 % of older community-dwelling men while those in ...Download file to see next pagesRead More