how will i know that my discectomy is successful?

Question

Could a micro discectomy bring positive results?

Answer 1

Feeling better: You should feel better after dissectomy by 6 weeks from surgery. Depending on how long you had an injury or if there was nerve damage the results can take longer and may not be perfect.

Answer 2

It depends: It may take week or few month, it may stay permanent, that depends on the severity of the injury of the nerve and how long been pressure by the disc. Some changes of the nerve structure are revisable some are not?

Answer 3

Long: Numbness may take a long time to resolve, if ever. Some people continue to have some residual numbness that never completely goes away.

Answer 4

Depends: This is variable. Even though pain relief is achieved after decompressing the nerves by removing disc material, sometimes the nerve takes time to recover, if at all & the recovery could be partial or total from immediately to never. Most are going to get maximum recovery in 6 months but it could occur over years. Less likely if a neuropathy present or if a diabetic.

Answer 5

Yes: If you recover well and have no problems, i think you could? Caution always does not heart.

Answer 6

Yes : Yes, exercise is important. Just the timing of when to resume exercise and sports as well as physical activities needs to be guided by your surgeon but by 12 weeks, you should be able to return to all activities.

Answer 7

Back soreness: I'm assuming here that you're having a lumbar microdiskectomy. You will experience some incisional soreness, low back aching and pain which is easily managed with medication. If you are experiencing leg pain and numbness, the pain should be better quickly afterward. Numbness takes longer. Rest is the key. No excessive activity. Ice pak on the back helps. You should improve quickly. Good luck.

Answer 8

Usually relief : 90 to 95% of correctly indicated disectomies in non smoking individuals who have failed non op care of at least 12 weeks with the leg pain the predominant symptom and an imaging study revealing the offending disc herniation have an excellent outcome if done by a surgeon who does them routinely.

Answer 9

No: Diskectomy is a surgical procedure in which disk material is removed, usually to relieve spinal cord pressure (neck and mid back disks), arm pain (neck disks), or leg pain (mid and low back disks). It cannot be put back in later. There are disk replacement (neck and low back), but at this time they are all made of artificial (human made) materials.

Answer 10

No : You mean put the herniation back?If you have worse pain after procedure followup with surgeon.

Answer 11

Laminectomy: Most discectomies (lumbar) are performed through a laminectomy or laminotomy, when a posterior opening into the spinal canal is made to approach the disc. It can also be performed through approaches such as anterior (cervical), depending on the location of pathology. Percutaneous and/or endoscopic approaches can be done, usually for less severe pathology.

Answer 12

Variety of ways: Several ways but standard in the lower back is a microdisectomy through a small posterior incision leading to the roof or lamina of the spine where a small keyhole opening is created through a natural open area & moving the nerve & nerve sac out of the way to access the piece of disc herniated with special instruments to protect the neural elements while removing disc fragments as an outpatient.

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