80% of people suffer from low back pain at some point in their life, and low back pain is one of the leading causes of job loss all over the world. Treatment and diagnosis opportunities in this disease, which is seen at such a high rate, are increasing day by day with modern methods and people are comfortable with it. Simpler, uncomplicated, and less risky treatments have been developed for returning to work, not losing work, and getting rid of pain.
Now, the old open methods in simple lumbar hernias are left behind. In today’s modern treatment, many lumbar hernias can be treated with laser, and patients can get up and walk around immediately after this 10-minute procedure, get rid of their pain, and return to their normal life and activities immediately.
How to do laser treatment
If the patient is suitable for this treatment, it is performed in the operating room under sterile conditions but without sleeping, with local anesthesia. After entering the distance of the overflowing and pressing disc with a special needle, the special probe of the laser device is inserted, and chat with the patient After 10 minutes of evaporation, the process is terminated and the patient is taken to the outpatient service. After 1 hour, he is discharged and returns to his normal daily activities.
Is laser applied to all patients? There are certain criteria for laser. If there is no loss of urine or fecal incontinence, drug treatment has been tried but no result, it can be applied to any patient who meets these criteria,
How many types of laser treatment are there?
It can be done in three ways
1-IDET (Intradiscal electrocoagulotherapy)
2-nucleoplasty
3-nucleotomy
What is the difference from each other? ?
IDET and nucleiplasty are similar to each other, only the laser device used has a temperature difference. In the nucleotomy, the hernia material inside is removed by pulling with an aspirator after the laser
Can it be applied to neck hernias
Of course, the criteria are the same as for herniated disc It can be applied in the same way in neck hernia.
REMEMBER THAT THE TREATMENT OF lumbar hernia CAN NOW CAN BE DONE WITHOUT A KNIFE, BLOOD, NARCOSE WITH MODERN METHODS.
