Failed Back Surgery Syndrome a Review With Treatment Considerations

Advancements in the field of medicine has given many options for treating spine problems and yearly the patients who are undergoing Spine surgeries for correcting spine problems are increasing progressively. Despite these advancements numerous patients who are underwent technically and anatomically correct spine surgeries for correction of their spine problems complain persistence of their previous complaints or onset of newer symptoms. Onseti (1) gave a term Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) for describing these group of patients. Treating these patients is a greater challenge for Pain physicians, Orthopaedicians, Neurosurgeons, Neurologists, because of the patients negative premonition over the treating physicians because of their previous experience with Surgery. This article gives a broad view on how FBSS manifests and the treatment modalities available for dealing with FBSS.