Surgical intervention is usually the last resort in treating disc degeneration and related conditions. Your doctor will recommend surgery only when all other means have failed to provide sufficient relief. Before any surgery is performed, comprehensive tests are done on the patient to assess the suitability of surgery.

This is not a phenomenon limited to back surgery only. In spite of great advancements in medical science, surgery has some inherent risks and inconveniences associated with it. Some of these are -

1. Risk of infection
2. Hospital stay
3. General anesthesia
4. Blood loss
5. Long recovery time
6. Tissue disruption
7. Post operative care and so on.

However, when other procedures are ineffective, surgery is the only option to cure your disc degeneration conditions. Surgical spinal decompression is not a rare procedure, and there are enough competent and experienced surgeons who can successfully rid you of your nagging and painful low back problem.