This case involves a college-aged male patient who had 2 impacted wisdom teeth that required removal. He underwent a prophylactic removal of his right molar, which was impacted but asymptomatic. After the surgery, the patient began experiencing numbness in his…
This case involves a thirty-nine-year-old male patient who underwent a left meniscus allograph replacement surgery. The surgery was performed on the patient’s left knee. Immediately following the procedure, in the post-operative recovery room, the patient began to experience significant pain…
This case involves a fifty-four-year-old female patient who underwent a vaginal vault repair. She subsequently had damage to her sciatic nerve suffering from motor/sensory dysfunction with paralysis postoperatively. Additionally, she had pain and numbness in her left foot and hip.  As…
This case involves an eight-month-old infant female who presented to her pediatrician with obstructive hydrocephalus due to a brainstem pilomyxoid astrocytoma. Prior to the neoplasm, the patient was otherwise healthy, meeting all developmental milestones at appropriate dates. At each visit,…
The patient was not in any pain at the time of the visit but the doctor advised her that she needed to have a root canal procedure performed, or, alternatively, extract the tooth due to nerve exposure. The patient chose…
This case involves a 52-year-old female patient who required a tarsal tunnel release surgery on her right foot. Within one week of surgery, the patient developed reflex sympathetic dystrophy caused by bandages that were applied too tightly after surgery. Â …
