My brother has advance prostate ca with mets to sacrum lumbar spine liver and base if lung in chemo but did not respond to docetaxel now neurosurgeon wants to do surg to release pressure on the pinched nerves in lumbo sacral area. And hopefully decrease the pain Can it be done safely? Thanks
I read your question carefully, and I understand your concern about your brother. The procedure you are describing has a fairly low rate of procedure related complications and since other treatments are not working it could be tried.However, you must understand that no procedure is 100% safe, apart from the procedure itself risk of anesthesia must also be considered, which depend also on your brothers age, general condition and other accompanying diagnoses. So since it is more of a palliative procedure the pain intensity and the expected benefits must be weighed towards these other factors. Hope things work out for the best. Feel free to ask further questions.