Medical Illustration | Disc Herniations C3-4, C4-5 and L2-3, L3-4
Case Type:
Motor Vehicle
Area of Injury:
Spine, Shoulder and Knees
Overall Objective:
Attorney Robert Borrero from Jacoby & Meyers needed help illustrating the multiple injuries his client sustained from a car collision. The client was a passenger in the vehicle when it was hit by another car while making a turn at an intersection.
Our Work on the Case
Exhibit 1
Surgical illustration showing an overview of the injuries to the spine, shoulder and knees.
Exhibit 2
Surgical illustration showing disc bulges at C3-4 and C4-5, disc herniation at C5-6, and osteophyte/bone spur development of the cervical spine at C5-C6.
Exhibit 3
Surgical illustration with MRI overlays showing disc bulges L2-3, L3-4 and disc herniation at L4-5 of the lumbar spine.
Exhibit 4
Surgical illustration showing the 1st step in repairing the C5-6 herniated disc. The operation is a cervical discectomy and fusion at C5 with excision of herniated disc at C5 C6, spinal cord and nerve root decompression, excision of osteophytes at C5 C6 with a fusion using left iliac crest bone graft.
Exhibit 5
Surgical illustration showing the 2nd step in repairing the C5-6 herniated disc. The operation is a cervical discectomy and fusion at C5 with excision of herniated disc at C5 C6, spinal cord and nerve root decompression, excision of osteophytes at C5 C6 with a fusion using left iliac crest bone graft.
Exhibit 6
Surgical illustration showing the 1st step in repairing the L4 L5 disc with radiculopathy. The operation is a minimally invasive anterolateral discectomy, decompression with interbody arthrodesis with allograft and bone marrow aspirate with posterior decompression and posterolateral fusion stabilization with allograft and bone marrow aspirate.
Exhibit 7
Surgical illustration showing the 2nd step in repairing the L4 L5 disc with radiculopathy. The operation is a minimally invasive anterolateral discectomy, decompression with interbody arthrodesis with allograft and bone marrow aspirate with posterior decompression and posterolateral fusion stabilization with allograft and bone marrow aspirate.
Exhibit 8
Surgical illustration showing preop lumbar spine condition.
Exhibit 9
Surgical illustration showing lumbar spondylosis at L2-3 and L3-4 with adjacent level syndrome with mechanical back pain, and radicular pain. The operation is an anterior L3-4 and L2-3 extensive discectomy decompression, and anterior interbody arthrodesis.
Exhibit 10
Surgical illustration showing lumbar spondylosis, mechanical back pain, radicular pain at L3-4 and L2-3 with adjacent level syndrome. The operation was a posterolateral fusion and stabilization at L3-4 and L2-3.
Exhibit 11
Surgical illustration showing postoperative results. Pedicle screws were delivered bilaterally at L2-3 and L3-4. They were connected with titanium rods and locked down with locking screws.
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