Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some answers to the practical questions we are asked most often:
Pump and MRI :
Manufacturer allows MRI scans with implanted pumps
As a precaution, however, we recommend emptying the pump before MRI and filling it with physiological solution.
Spinal cord or brain stimulators and MRI :
Due to the large number of models and the various generations, you must first contact the surgeon who implanted the device.
As a general rule, we recommend a complete zeroing of the device (zero amplitudes and battery shutdown) before MRI.
Spondylodesis and MRI :
All the usual materials (titanium, peek, carbon, ...) allow an MRI to be performed
Depending on the materials, the artifacts will make the image unreadable near the implants. These artefacts are non-existent for peek and carbon, acceptable for titanium, but catastrophic for steel.
Aperius and MRI :
The Aperius being made of titanium, an MRI is perfectly possible and the artefacts hardly interfere with the interpretation of the images.
Narrow channel and ergometry :
The lumbar canal does not allow ergometry on a treadmill because neurogenic claudication occurs too quickly. On a bike, on the other hand, it is possible to increase the power without impacting the narrow canal because the position opens the foramens
Questions for future anesthesia
Lumbar operations preventing epidural anesthesia:
Narrow lumbar canal
Operation for epidural lipomatosis
Median or paramedian disc herniation (classic approach)
PLIF
Lumbopperitoneal shunt
Morphine pump (intrathecal administration)
Lumbar operations allowing epidural anesthesia:
Interspinous dynamic stabilization (Diam, Aperius, Backjack, ...)
Transmuscular isthmotomy
Spondylodesis / instrumentation without decompression
Vertebroplasty