Lumbar Discectomy

Dr. Shim explains what happens with a lumbar discectomy.

The video shows how Lumbar Discectomy surgery is done for herniated discs. The technique is the Microdiscectomy procedure which is the norm.

In general, patients that have lumbar discectomy surgery usually fall into two categories. The blog gives an overview of those two categories and the video focuses on the surgery itself.

Citations:

Oosterhuis T, Ostelo RW, van Dongen JM, Peul WC, de Boer MR, Bosmans JE, Vleggeert-Lankamp CL, Arts MP, van Tulder MW. Early rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery is not effective or cost-effective compared to no referral: a randomized trial and economic evaluation. J Physiother. 2017 Jul;63(3):144-153. PubMed PMID: 28668558

Gadjradj PS, Arts MP, van Tulder MW, Rietdijk WJR, Peul WC, Harhangi BS. Management of Symptomatic Lumbar Disk Herniation: An International Perspective. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Jun 19; PubMed PMID: 28632645

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[cindyski]

Thanks! Just watching gives me a little relief! Wish me luck! Waiting for my lawyer from car accident to release money for this. Or give the letter that the surgeon will get paid afterwards. I was already suffering from fibromyalgia, sacroiliac aches and pains, spondylosis and to top it with a couple of herniated and bulging discs. All this gave me chronic fatigue. So I’m always half alert. Nobody knows but me to the extent of what I go through daily. Lots of mental fighting within myself. Oh, forgot to include ADHD. So it’s hard to be organized, write things down or I do then forget where I placed my papers. All this and maintaining a house of high achievers (my kids) and a job. Let me, lastly include, my husband is a hoarder. Ugh, the dogs! If I give them away who knows if they’ll forgive me. Other than all of this, I’m a happy and blessed person. I teach confirmation to teens and enjoy giving teens advice to better themselves. Though, everything I do is mediocre until I take care of this insane pain. Wish me luck and prayers that I get through this mess!

[robertmotion]

I literally had this surgery yesterday. No pain afterwards; just some discomfort.
Looking forward to a better quality of life.


/Bklyn👑

[tjtraining]

I’m getting this tomorrow. If you want to follow my recovery and rehab I’ll be posting videos on my account. All the best to anyone undergoing this surgery!

[nicholaspalmer]

Thanks for this. I had a medial facetectomy 5 days ago and so far so good. It was very interesting to see the surgical techniques

[davidlindgren]

I notice you didn't mention leg weakness or a herniation's effect on motor nerves as a reason to have surgery. Wouldn't that also justify surgery? And at what point does pursuing conservative treatment become ill-advised because a delay in having surgery may lead to permanent nerve damage?

[rakeshmajee]

L5S1 operation on 19-07-2022.after operation within a few weeks  the pain had subsided. but in the last two-three days my pain is the same as before the operation. like pain while sneezing, pain in turning from sleeping at night, it hurts to stand up so, why is it hurting .It will go away on its own or has become a problem again in disc ?

[jessaminelazarito]

Hi Dr, , thank you for sharing this video.. Really appreciated.. It helps me a lot understand the procedure that i undergo 2 yrs ago.. I have a question😊, i am still suffering a moderate pain especially at night, i cant sleep due to pain on my left leg. . Is there any best advise/ remedy you can share.??

Thank you so much.. 😍😍😍God bless you 🙏🙏🙏

[factorypolo]

Awesome, very easy to understand and comprehend, looking forward to more content

[bryanargueta]

Just got this surgery, I feel immediate relief of pain and numbness of the leg. But, please don't go into this thinking it's painless or very little pain. It is extremely painful for the first 2 days I was unable to move. Third day and multiple pain killers i have enough strength to use the bathroom #2. This is the worst of it all

[sanujosekalathil]

I had the surgery on 10-01-2020.I have a little bit of discomfort sometimes. nothing compare to before surger.I do have a question.Does the removed bone part(lamina) will it grow back to its normal structure

[sassykulturesurridge]

Hi my pain came back 3 weeks after surgery is this normal? Does this mean it was unsuccessful

[mansamcbride]

Im getting this done in 2 weeks. I was wondering would an inversion table cure the herniated disc, and avoid the surgery.

[BlackSkuLLu]

hi plz i got injured and im on workers comp sence it hapend in work now dr said workers com dont deal with disc problems they did send me to get an mri but dr didnt bother to explain it to me all i know is i have 2 disc bulge of 2mm and protution to thecal somethig like that is it that bad what can u tell me plz help🙏

[tanzilrahman]

I'm scheduled for this surgery on January 22 kinda scared!

[equinoxeparabellum]

I have just been told today by my back consultant that I need this.

[antoniozeloni]

Certo che non è tanto facile fare un operazione così io guardo cuesti vidi ma pure io dovrei fare un operazione di chiesto genere ma ho tanta paura

[devashishverma]

I am 15 year old(going to be 16 year old soon) and i am suffering from disc bulge for 1 year. Physiotherapy, medicines, physical therapy doesn't relieve pain. I do not have leg numbness. The pain is in hip when i sit on hard surface for too long. Also when sciatic nerve is stretched, sharp pain comes in hip and down the leg(between (behind knee). According to MRI, i have disc bulge in L4-L5. Doctor is saying to have surgery and i think its good time because its been 1 year and i am fed up. Doctor is still discussing becauss i am rare case(disc bulge for 1 year in young age). Please tell your thoughts about having surgery for me is good or bad.

[tonecityoutlaw]

I've had this about a year ago but I still have a little bit of chronic back pain is that normal with this surgery most days are good but some days I will have bad nerve pain but overall nothing compared two before I had the surgery