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Postoperative Spine: Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)

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Abstract

The failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is defined as lumbar spinal pain of unknown origin either persisting despite surgical intervention or appearing after surgical intervention for spinal pain originally in the same topographical location. Importantly, mechanical, functional, and psychological factors can contribute to the FBSS syndrome. The role of bone SPECT/CT in patients with suspected FBSS is to rule out the presence of actionable pain generators that could be amenable to targeted treatment.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MICA – IPPON), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  2. Antwerp University Hospital, Wirijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

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Van den Wyngaert, T. (2023). Postoperative Spine: Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS). In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_121

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