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How Can Atrial Fibrillation With Spinal Hemangioma Be Non Surgically Treated?
Hello Doctor, My mother is suffering from a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation and has suffered from severe falls recently and also has a haemangioma in her upper spinal region in the T3 and T4 spinal area. Please tell me what can be done to remedy the situation without surgery because she is 78 yrs old and surgery could be fatal. Thanks, Bonny Sanyal YYYY@YYYY
Thu, 23 Aug 2018
Hello,
Spine surgery is extremely risky especially at this age and existing cardiac illness. Surgery is the treatment of choice and we can withhold the surgery if she is asymptotic and does not have any symptoms like weakness of limbs. She can also try intervention radiological procedures where the hemangioma dealt under radiological guidance with out surgery. You can approach an experienced radiologist and he will direct you accordingly.
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Spine surgery is extremely risky especially at this age and existing cardiac illness. Surgery is the treatment of choice and we can withhold the surgery if she is asymptotic and does not have any symptoms like weakness of limbs. She can also try intervention radiological procedures where the hemangioma dealt under radiological guidance with out surgery. You can approach an experienced radiologist and he will direct you accordingly.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
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