@Anita Of course! My other compression was from a complete bridged arcuate foramen (ponticulus posticus) at C1, which was affecting the vertebral artery. Dr. Liu removed the bony bridge on August 11th. I can send a photo for a visual if you would like, just let me know.
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Ah I am due to see Dr aghayev in November. I’m not sure about bilateral so am thinking doing one side in Nov then the other next year. Both sides at once terrifies me. Hope you continue to improve.
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Yes, Dr. Kamran Aghayev often performs surgery on both sides at once; he tells this to almost everyone, even if one side is not compressed and is asymptomatic.
It would be nice to look at the CT scans. You can post Dicom images right here on the forum, but only anonymously via this website: www(dot)dicomlibrary(dot)com/ If you wish for it yourself, you can send CT (Dicom) images via Google drive to my personal email (filatovtech@gmail.com or filatovtech@mail.ru ). I also want to inform and warn you-to explain : The CT scans contain your personal information, such as last name, first name and date of birth, and you understand that you will share your personal information with me by sending me these CT scans by email. It’s up to you whether to send the CT scan images or not.
All CT scans must be uploaded in DICOM format. Some (certain) photos and CT scans are not informative; based on some CT scans, it is impossible to make any confident statements or draw any conclusions. There is no need to engage in speculation or fantasy based solely on a few photos and CT scans.
These pictures is what I have the energy to share for now. It’s quite simple and not only my own words but the surgeons: The pictures are all taken with head in neutral position the day after surgery. The IJV is a bit expanded but obviously not full - better than my pre-operative scan (check my other post to see those). The bones are not in the way anymore, and hopefully the IJV has expanded since this was taken, and will expand more with time, while the huge collaterals will hopefully disappear and stop “stealing” the blood from the IJV.
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Thank you for posting your post op pictures, @IJVman. It’s very interesting to see the IJVs w/o the styloids & C1 right up close to them. I remember you had very extensive collaterals. They should shrink back to normal size & function once your IJVs take over the work of draining the deoxygenated blood from your brain.
I realize your recovery has been slow. Was anything every said about you having compression or arachnoid granulations in your sigmoid or transverse sinuses?
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3D visualization doesn’t say much, it’s not that simple (The compression may be in another place, and it’s not visible in 3D.). But in this time, I didn’t mean you. Thank you for posting some of few the CT scans, you will share the Dicom files when you can, when you recover. I’m not rushing you. In general, I meant all the users of the forum and I addressed it to them, and @Sascampbell
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@Filya - When we make suggestions regarding a member’s imagining, we always say we’re not doctors & what we’ve pointed out may not be relevant so it all needs to be discussed with a knowledgeable doctor. We make a point of telling our members anything we point out can’t be considered diagnostic.
Speculation is another thing altogether. I, in particular, speculate about what I see because sometimes I do see things that radiologists have missed. We have a few members who’ve been able to get more appropriate surgeries because of things I’ve pointed out speculatively, thus I feel like pointing out things on images that don’t look normal is fine to do as long as the person who’s images are being viewed knows to take those suggestions to a doctor to get confirmation regarding their accuracy.
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hopefully!
Nothing was said about those, no
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I’m glad nothing was said about compressions in your brain. It’s likely just a matter of more healing time then.
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