Patients with disc protrusion or sequestered disc herniation, which is popularly known as ruptured hernia or canaled hernia; According to the spinal region where the hernia is seen, patients are writhing in severe, even unbearable arm or leg pain. Because the dislocated disc is crushing a nerve going to the arm or leg. Of course, these patients should be properly examined and operated after all necessary tests are done; It is necessary both to relieve the pain as soon as possible and to prevent the emerging paralysis.
The structure that doctors call the facet is actually the name of the joint between the spinal bones. This joint is a complex joint like the knee joint and hip joint. It also contains capsule, meniscus and joint fluid. It has been decades since hip and knee joint prosthesis was made, these devices are worn by many patients every day; However, with high technology, the prosthesis of the facet joint could not be made, because it has a very sensitive structure. The outward ballooning of the fluid inside this facet joint causes a joint cyst similar to that seen in other joints. However, because this facet cyst presses on the nerve going to the leg; It causes a painful picture just like in herniated disc. The annoying thing is that the only solution for this situation is surgery.
In surgeries performed to treat pain caused by the compulsory movements of the spine during the day, among spinal pain; Until a few years ago, fusion (freezing) surgeries, that is, surgeries in which the spinal bones are fused together, were preferred. When the movement was stopped with these procedures, which were performed using bone and using screws and rods called platinum, the pain was also relieved. However, in recent studies, the effect of this surgery is temporary; It turned out that the disease in question was transferred to the upper or lower spine this time, and the patient had to undergo surgery again. On top of that, in recent years, in surgeries to stop spinal movement; motion-sparing surgery is preferred. In this method, the mandatory movements of the spine are not completely stopped, they are only limited to some extent. In other words, some of the spine by using movable screws, movable rods, disc prosthesis; that is, surgeries are performed that allow him to play as much as we allow.
