Craniocervical Instability, Neurosurgery and M.E.: Just the Facts, Please - An Editorial by Jeff Wood
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Sep 2020
Summary
After years bedridden with severe ME and a craniocervical instability diagnosis confirmed with objective structural testing, Jeff Wood had skull-to-C2 fusion surgery in January 2018, followed by a second neurosurgery to release a tethered spinal cord. He reports he has "remained in remission from ME" ever since. The piece is framed as an advocacy/explainer article arguing such surgery treats a discrete structural lesion rather than "ME" itself, but his own case is offered as the outcome example.
What they credit
Credits Craniocervical surgery, Surgery & structural, Craniocervical fusion / tethered cord.
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