Endoscopic Cervical and Thoracic Discectomy Some disc hernias in the neck region, and in fact some canal stenosis cases, can be safely and effectively done endoscopically. This often avoids the need for fusion surgery and its associated complications which is…
Endoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Canal Stenosis Narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal is a common problem after the age of sixty years. This limits the patient’s standing time and walking distance because of pain, numbness, heaviness or weakness in one…
Recurrent Disc Herniations This is unfortunately a definite fact in disc surgery with rates of recurrence (return of the disc hernia in the same site and level) reaching up to 30-40% in some patients. Doing the surgery through the same…
Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Endoscopic Discectomy in the lumbar spine can be carried out either from the side (transforaminal) or the back (interlaminar) approach, based on the specific location of the disc hernia. Both techniques have a very high success rate…
