Advantages of Non - Traumatic Discectomy

[EricS]

If you are affected by lower back pain that refuses to go away even after medication, physical therapy and lifestyle changes, your doctor may finally recommend discectomy, a surgical procedure to remove part of the herniated, extruded or otherwise damaged disc.

But surgery itself carries risk of infection, lengthy hospitalization and post-op care, scarring, infection and possible damage to bones muscles and nerve tissue. If you want to avoid these, percutaneous endoscopic discectomy or non-traumatic discectomy may be a good choice.

This is why.

* Non-traumatic discectomy is an outpatient procedure that may be over in an hour. The patient is discharged the same day, or at most the next day.

* Since a tiny puncture is all that is required, there is no visible scarring. No muscle or bone tissue is damaged and there is no blood loss. The video guided endoscopy ensures that nerve roots too are left undisturbed. As a result it is one of the least risky of surgical procedures you can opt for.

* What's more, non-traumatic discectomy is a highly effective surgical procedure wit h a success rate over 90%.

[Leeann]

Until the level above or below fails. LOL