Low back pain is one of the most common types of pain in the society, especially in the active working population. Low back pain is usually caused by muscle spasms, arthritis, excess weight, inactivity, sitting and lying in the wrong positions, and stress. Although serious causes such as herniated disc (lumbar disc herniation) and lumbar slip (spondylolisthesis) are less common, they are detected by examination and examination by a specialist neurosurgeon, especially in cases of low back pain lasting more than 6 weeks, pain and numbness spreading to the hips and legs. According to his current evaluation, appropriate treatments with or without surgery are determined for the patient.
A herniated disc is a hernia when the cartilage tissue called the intervertebral disc, which acts as a support between the lumbar vertebrae, is torn for various reasons and presses on the nerves that provide the transmission of motion and sensations to the hip and leg that come out of the spinal cord. The most common symptoms are low back, hip and leg pain. In more advanced hernias, tingling-numbness in the legs and even urinary incontinence or impotence may develop. In the presence of these findings, the opinion of a neurosurgeon must be taken.
Treatment options for patients with lumbar disc herniation include medications, rest, physical therapy, interventional pain treatments, and surgery. Surgery is usually performed in patients who have complaints of weakness, who have complaints that interfere with the comfort of daily life for more than 6 weeks, and who do not respond to other treatments such as drugs and physical therapy. Surgery is required in only 15% of patients in this disease group. Today, microsurgery is the gold standard treatment method in the surgical treatment of this disease. Microsurgery not only provides a safe surgery, but also shortens the duration of hospital stay and return to normal life. The patient can be carried out on the same day and discharged the next day.
