What is epiduroscopy?
It is the examination of the outer part of the spinal cord by entering into the spine with a catheter under the coccyx with an endoscope whose tip can move in all directions. Observation of the epidural canal. In epiduroscopy, especially in herniated disc, the overflowing hernia parts can be removed by laser method or mechanically. In addition, nerve root adhesions can be mechanically cleaned and steroids and pain relievers can be given for edema in the nerve root.
Who is epiduroscopy applied to?
Canal narrowing can be applied to patients who have had low back pain for a long time, have back hernia and have not benefited from drug therapy and physical therapy. In addition, it can be easily applied to patients who have undergone lumbar hernia surgery before, who have adhesions, who have a platinum attached to the spine, but whose pain has not disappeared. It can be applied to all ages.
What should patients who have had lumbar hernia surgery before?
We perform medicated MRI (Magnetic Resonance) in patients who have had previous surgery, platinum implantation, but whose pain has not resolved. If we detect adhesions and narrowing, we apply epiduroscopy.
Where is the initiative implemented?
There is a natural hole under the coccyx. It is easy to enter from here, and the process ends in an average of 10 minutes, painlessly. It is a method performed awake without anesthesia without general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia. After resting for fifteen minutes from the patient’s bed, he can return home by car. We do not suture our patients for whom we have epiduroscopy. The next morning, the patient can easily take a bath and return to his life from where he left off.
New operating period for herniated disc:
No narcosis, no stitches, no loss of workforce. Epiduroscopy, which is performed without anesthesia and awake, is the most talked about and preferred method in recent days. It is also preferred because the risk of nerve and vascular injury is very low. I wish eternal healing to my patients with pain.
