background and importance: pseudomeningocele is a rare complication of spine surgery, and it is the collection of cerebrospinal fluid in paraspinal tissues. giant pseudomeningoceles are still rare, and very few cases have been reported in literature. it is usually occult in presentation, and patients do not have any symptoms ascribable to it. case presentation: we came across two symptomatic pa...

introduction failed back surgery syndrome (fbss) is an increasing cause of chronic pain in most countries. this poses high costs to both patients and national health organizations. case presentation in this report, multimodal pain management based on daily high-dose oxycodone/naloxone (oxn 180/90 mg) led to reduced patient's pain score and improved quality of life. conclusions oxycodone/naloxon...

Daniel Aghion, MD, Pradeep Chopra, MD, Adetokunbo A. Oyelese, MD, PhD  approximately 250,000 surgeries for low back pain are performed annually in the USA. Approximately 40% of patients undergoing lumbar surgery continue to report significant pain after surgery, and a significant portion of these will result in failed back syndrome (FBS). FBS is defined as persistent or recurrent chronic pain ...

A review of the etiology, clinical, radiological, differential diagnosis and management goals of failed back surgery syndrome is presented.