A 32 year old software professional was suffering with severe low back pain and radiating pain in both the legs. He was unable to stand straight and could not walk more than a few metres due to the pain. His MRI revealed a large disc prolapse at L3-L4 level causing significant nerve root compression causing…
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Endoscopic disc surgery helps reduce the need for spinal fusion surgery.
Minimally invasive spine surgery techniques have tremendously changed the way spine surgery is performed over the last couple of decades. Minimising the amount of muscle dissection as well as resection of bone, while achieving adequate decompression of the neural structures has been the constant endeavour of the minimally invasive spine surgeons. The emergence of endoscopic…
A young girl, her final exam and an endoscopic disc surgery.
An unexpected health problem striking at a wrong time is the last thing a 20 year old would expect. But sometimes the nature has its say on our bodies and we are forced to face such situations. A 20 years old girl was in the middle of her college degree final examinations when she started…
Teenagers with disc prolapse are more likely to need surgery.
Disc related problems are usually associated with adults and elderly age group patients. But it may surprise you to know that it also occurs in young boys and girls in the later half of their teenage, although it is not as common as in adults. One of the common reasons is a significant trauma like a…
Endoscopic lumbar discectomy
The SPINE lends structural stability and balance to our body helping us stand upright, while allowing flexibility in various movements. Moreover, it forms a protective canal in which the SPINAL CORD, the most important part of the neural network, flows down from the brain to the rest of our body. The spinal column is…
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