What Should You Know About Microdiscectomy For Herniated Disc In Turkey:

Herniated disc happens when one disc of cervical spine is injured. These discs consist of fibroid ring and contain jelly-like material is called nucleus pulpous. With excessive pressure on these discs, the jelly-like substance leaks into the spinal canal. And this cause swelling in the weak part and leaks out between vertebrae to press on nerves. Of course, this will cause severe pain for patient and cause weakness, numbness in legs and arms. Some cases need only painkillers and muscles relaxants, but other cases need surgery. Herniated disc surgeries can be performed through endoscope, microscope, or by traditional surgery.

Causes Of Herniated Disc: 

• Sitting in wrong posture with time causes herniated disc.
• Gain a lot of weight causes also herniated disc.
• Also strained in the spine causes herniated disc.
• Often this strain or sprain is because sudden movement or pressure.
• Getting old is one of herniated disc causes.
• Lifting heavy objects frequency and in wrong way cause herniated disc.

Herniated Disc Symptoms:

• The most common symptom is feeling pain that is getting worse with time.
• Herniated disc can press on nerve root.
• Patient suffers from numbness and tingling in hands, feet, and head.
• Patient also can not sit or stand easily.
• Herniated disc causes disorder in transmitting nerve signals to muscles.
• So patient suffer from muscle weakness in limbs.
• Also patient suffers from severe and sudden pain when doing certain movements.
• And this because slipped disc presses on surrounded nerves when bending or moving.
• Also patient feels pain while sneezing or coughing.

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Herniated Disc Treatment:

Doctor prescribes some painkillers to relieve pain from herniated disc. Also doctor prescribes muscle relaxants to relieve muscle spasms. Physical therapy through some simple home exercises to relieve herniated disc symptoms. Where doctor will advise you to do some exercises to strengthen back muscles.

Microdiscectomy For Herniated Disc: 

Microdiscectomy is a surgery where herniated disc is treated by microscope. Where it enables doctor and medical team to treat herniated disc without need for long incision. This makes the surgery more accurate where doctor uses surgical tools to remove bone spurs. Then damaged cartilage is removed accurately.

Microdiscectomy For Herniated Disc Steps: 

1. In the beginning, doctor makes incision in the lower back.
2. Then doctor removes small portion of bone that protects root nerve.
3. After that doctor uses microscope to see nerve root and injured area clearly.
4. In some cases, doctor makes small incision bone plate to reach surgery area.
5. Then removes nerve root gently.
6. Also doctor uses small tools to reach nerve tool and remove damage cartilage.
7. Then doctor places muscles then closes incision.
8. Mostly patient leaves the hospital in the same day.

Microdiscectomy For Herniated Disc Pros:

• The success rates of microdiscectomy are relatively high.
• Where medical study shows that 48% of patients who get this technique get cured.
• This technique provides high quality and advanced imaging for surgeon.
• Where it provides three dimensional view to provide more safe and more accurate treatment.
• The incision is about 2cm and patient will not feel pain after surgery.
• This technique does not cause bleeding or infection.
• The surgery takes less time than traditional surgery.
• Patient returns to his normal activity after the surgery with short time.

Side Effects For Microdiscectomy For Herniated Disc:

1. After this surgery, CSF may leaks out for about 1% to 7% of spinal surgery cases.
2. But this problem does not affect on the surgery results.
3. There are other complications like damage in nerve root, infection, bleeding, problems in bladder, intestines.
4. There is also possibility to suffer from fluid retention in lungs, and this will cause pneumonia and deep vein thrombosis that occurs when clots occur in legs.
5. But all these complications will not occur except resorting to unexperienced center and unqualified doctors.

Microdiscectomy Success Rates

Some Tips After Microdiscectomy For Herniated Disc: 

• Patient must not sit for more than 60 minutes.
• Patient must not lift heavy things for 2 weeks after the surgery.
• After 4 weeks, it is important for patient to practice exercises that strengthen abdominal and back muscles.
• To prevent back pains of herniated disc again.

Herniated Disc Treatment With Laser:

This technique is one of the safest techniques. Where it depends on treating herniated disc with laser beams. And with laser, the size of cartilage is reduced. This technique needs only local anesthesia.

Herniated Disc Treatment With Endoscope:

This technique depends on endoscope to remove cartilage easily. Where through small incision in the back to insert small tube. This technique needs anesthesia, and doctor makes some stitches. There is other technique where small endoscope is used. This technique is performed under local anesthesia and does not need incision. This technique is performed for serious cases.

Suction-Assisted Cartilage:

This technique depends on small needle inserted under skin. This needle suctions cartilage but it is used for simple cases. Also this technique does not need general anesthesia or stitches.

Some Tips To Prevent Herniated Disc:

• It must practice sports daily especially exercises that strengthen abdominal and back muscles.
• It is important to keep your weight because overweight press on the spine.
• When lifting heavy things, lift them in right way not to harm the back.
• Stand and sit down in right way.
• Avoid standing or sitting for long times, and if your job requires that, use medical pillow for sitting.
• Do not stand or sit for more than half an hour.
• You must quit smoking because it prevents nutrition to reach cartilage.
• Eat balanced meals and follow healthy diet.
• Eat food rich in calcium to keep bones healthy.
• Vitamin B complex is very important for bone health, and to prevent any inflammations.

Vitamin D is also important for bone health, and it can get it through exposing to sun or take it as supplements, and it exists in some food.