Reports of surgical Yoshiki.

Comments from Yoshiki's primary physician at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., who will perform the surgery: Drummer, pianist and X JAPAN band leader, Yoshiki, will undergo neck surgery on Monday, July 27,
2009 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA. Dr. Neel Anand, Director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, will perform
a cervical foraminotomy. Due to his intense drumming style, Yoshiki developed a worsening of his neck pain and left hand numbness over the past month, affecting his music performance. His condition has been evaluated by doctors in the U.S. and
Japan. Yoshiki underwent a spinal x-ray series, an MRI of the spine, and an EMG. After seeking second and third opinions on the diagnosis and treatment, he concluded that the foraminotomy was necessary for the cervical foraminal stenosis. Yoshiki's primary physician at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Tommy H. Tomizawa (UCLA Assistant Professor), states that he will need a few weeks to recover from the surgery and a month or more of rehabilitation. If his condition does not improve over the next several months, laminectomy, discectomy and spinal fusion would be considered. Artificial disc placement would be another treatment of
choice. As stated above, YOSHIKI of X JAPAN has been diagnosed as having cervical foraminal stenosis and concluded that the foraminotomy was necessary. We apologize the anxiety caused, but we would appreciate your understanding and ask to calmly watch for the time being, as it would provide a powerful underpinning for YOSHIKI. (Please note that, in order to prevent turmoil, he is being hospitalized under pseudonym)