Some of you may be wondering what the heck I’m doing posting about Adhesive Arachnoiditis…it’s not exactly a condition a dermatologist would be asked to be involved with, but there is a story here. Some of you may not know that in addition to being a dermatologist I am also an internist, and at one time I was very active in internal medicine, and was nominated and inducted into the Fellowship of the American College of Physicians…thus the designation FACP after my name. I have always been fascinated by disease, and the more complex and unusual the better…
So, how does that get to this? On occasion I have been asked to provide Independent Medical Evaluations (IME) or Expert Witness Testimony for some legal and workers compensation cases. I only get involved in cases that I think I can have an impact on, or that intrigue me. I treat these cases as if I’m writing a paper, and in this particular case, I did write a paper due to the concern I had that this erroneous syndrome was making advances into the medical literature. In writing my testimony I rely heavily on the medical literature to help explain why, or why not, I feel strongly about my final conclusions. You can read the paper I wrote about Adhesive Arachnoiditis Syndrome by clicking HERE. I would suggest downloading the PDF file, it is so much easier to read.
Some of you may wish to see this in a visual format by clicking on the image above. It will load a Powerpoint presentation covering the paper.