{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F96a26d39-077b-4433-b693-4298fbcb6b43","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"A Short History of Ankylosing Spondylitis","description":"In this episode, I present a brief history of Ankylosing Spondylitis. \n\nBut first, the Question of the Week; on one of the Facebook Forums, I saw a question related to leg neuropathy from hip surgery. Getting leg neuropathy from a hip replacement is a known issue that you can encounter. While both the Orthopedic Surgeon and the Anastesealogist are working on you during a surgery, your nerves can be damaged in a number of ways. Here is an article that discusses it https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/pdf/10.1302/0301-620x.99b1.bjj-2016-0430.r1\n\nIn the above article, it describes Nerve Palsy after total hip arthroplasty. This is the condition that I had and it ended up causing damage to the Sciatic and Femoral nerve resulting in drop foot and no feeling from the knee down in my left leg. It is a very good read and something you should discuss with your surgeon before a procedure.\n\nIn dealing with the history of Ankylosing Spondylitis, it\u2019s probably easiest to lay out the past as follows (thank you to MedicalMarijuana.com).\n\nHistory Of Ankylosis\nAnkylosis has a long history, which includes these events:\n\n\u00b7 Early in the second century CE, the physician Galen distinguished it from rheumatoid arthritis. (Galen, Commodus)\n\n\u00b7 In a 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummy, people who examined the remains found skeletal evidence of \u201cbamboo spine,\u201d or a total fusion of the vertebrae.\n\n\u00b7 In 1559, surgeon and anatomist Realdo Colombo described what may have been the condition. (Realdo Colmbo)\n\n\u00b7 In 1691, Bernard Conner published the first account of skeletal pathologic changes linked with ankylosing spondylitis. (Bernard Conner)\n\n\u00b7 In 1818, Benjamin Brodie became the first doctor to document an individual thought to have ankylosis along with iritis. (Benjamin Brodie)\n\nAnd as a final note, for those of you in Canada, please go check out the Canadian Spondylitis Association at http://www.spondylitis.ca\n\nThey are an advocacy and educational organization dedicated to helping Canadians deal with the effects of Ankylosing Spondylitis. \n\nYou can reach me at jayson.sacco@gmail.com with any questions.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/06dd34e9-c3ff-4596-abcb-10047f1717ba/w7jzy4spvmduuvm7vgxoncty.jpg"}