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Dr. Maitrot's new operation
Doctor Daniel Maitrot, who heads the neurosurgery department at The University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, is testing a highly innovative surgical operation for the treatment of Tarlov cysts. The first patient is a French physician.



Doctor Christine Lauffenburger’s Story



Christine Lauffenburger, MD was born in France on February 22, 1950. She obtained her medical license and became a general practitioner with the national health service of the French government.

Christine was 55 years old when galloping on her horse she felt something wrong in her lower back. She began to have pudendal nerve, thigh (internal side) whole pelvis area and then sciatic pain. She was also suffering from cramps, tendonitis, erratic pains in the hip and buttocks, bladder and bowel problems, and osseous (bone) pain.

One year later, she saw a general practitioner who prescribed a CT scan. The exam showed a strange mass and he prescribed an MRI on which several bilateral Tarlov cysts were discovered.

She had an appointment with Doctor MAITROT who asked for several other exams that showed neurological disorders: urodynamics, EMG, and myelography.

She waited several more months and had FGI at Strasbourg CHU, which gave relief for six weeks only. Doctor MAITROT proposed another procedure and after having waited a little, in June 2006, she became the first patient to have the new Tarlov cyst operation invented by Dr. MAITROT.

Christine reports “50% relief after 1 month and was okay after 3 months. 6 months later, she had recovered to 90% (10% of the remaining pain is due to some other spine problem)”. After 8 months she does 1 hour of sports each day and is generally intensely active,