Discectomy or Microdiscectomy Health Feed

Feeling so painfull inspite of medications pls try with surgery. Micro discectomy carries lower risk too.

Get MRI spine to rule out disc prolapse
physiotherapy helps
endoscopic discectomy under local anesthesia is now easy and safe.

Microdiscectomy
In a microdiscectomy a small portion of the bone over the nerve root and any loose disc fragments from under the nerve root are removed to relieve neural impingement and to provide more room for the nerve to heal. This procedure typically requires a small incision of only one to two inches and is performed using a microscope and microsurgical techniques. Since the incision is quite small, the incidence of damage to surrounding tissues is quite rare.

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With physiotherapy, particularly exercises, you can strengthen the back muscles. That will help in reducing the load to l5-s1 region, which will have some effect in reducing the lower back pain. But the disease will remain as it is a mechanical problem which will not be reduced with medicines or exercises.

If it's small disc bulge then it's treated with medication, exercises, physiotherapy. If no much relief then needs epidural steroid injection. Last resort with no improvement then needs discectomy.

There are various modes of treatment for this condition but exercise s in proper direction will definitely help you out. Electrotherapy like Heating modalities, I.F.T, TENS would not resolve your problems completely. I have treated such patient with better results ONLY with d help of exercises.

It's herniated disc. Pleasent contact privately for further details on treatment and guaranteed results.

U need to meet the physiotherapist to get relief in pain and also start exercises as per your condition.

Hi lybrate-user
you are experiencing erectile dysfunction as an adverse effect of the medicines you are consuming for slip disc. There is no vitamin or mineral which can reverse the ed caused by a drug. I would request you to consult your orthopedician or neurologist to suggest you some pill which can help you in getting the erection better, other option is surgical correction (?discectomy) of the slip disc and get rid of the medicines.
I wish you get well soon!

You need to start doing back extension exercises and that to only when pain subsides.
Avoid forward bending and lifting heavy things.
If it doesnot settles on 3 months time I would suggest you to undergo endoscopic discectomy under local anaesthesia.