Failed back syndrome, post-laminectomy spine syndrome, or post-surgery spine syndrome all refer to a condition where the patient suffers from persistent back pain following spinal surgery. Often, this may result from surgeries to treat back pain. As explained by Follett and Dirks, two researchers in the field, it is the “surgical end stage after one […]
Hemicrania continua
Hemicrania continua is a primary headache disorder which typically affects the side of the head and is continuous. This condition falls under the category of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, a group of headaches that all present unilaterally and which have a mixture of autonomic symptoms distributed along the trigeminal nerve pathway.