Do all bulging discs in the lower back and neck need surgery?

Many people have experienced neck pain or back pain or have seen it in their relatives and friends. Disc protrusion is one of the most common diseases of the spine, which has caused back pain to be the second reason for patients to visit doctors. The doors of the spine area may have a diffuse state and are felt in the area between the shoulder blades, shoulders and hands in the neck discs and in the pelvic area and legs in the lumbar discs.

Causative agent Disc protrusion:

There are several reasons for this problem, the most important of which include doing heavy sports, incorrect use of the spine in the workplace, inappropriate chairs, genetics, and weight gain.

At what age is the lumbar disc more?

All age groups can suffer from this problem and disease. Maybe the severity of this disease is more in a young person than in a middle-aged or elderly person. Sometimes, in middle-aged and elderly people, due to the involvement of the spine joints and ossification of the tissues, the patient experiences chronic and long pains.

When should we see a doctor?

In cases where the symptoms of neck pain and back pain have lasted for more than 4 to 6 weeks, or the symptoms of neurological deficits such as a decrease or loss of the strength of the organs and incontinence of urine and feces, a doctor should be consulted immediately.

Apart from surgery, what methods are effective for disc treatment?

Most of the neck and back pains will be resolved with the help of medicine, powerful laser, physiotherapy and necessary exercises, but in some cases, other methods are used to control and treat these pains. Methods such as cervical or lumbar epidural, use of discogel in neck or lumbar discs, disc laser, etcDisc endoscopy It improves the symptoms and eliminates the problems caused by the disc.

Which treatment method is suitable for your back pain?

It should be noted that the choice of each of these methods is based on the examination of the patient and the severity of the disc protrusion. These methods have a significant effect in preventing the progression of disc severity as well as the treatment of disc protrusion and cause less complications than spine surgeries.

When should a herniated disc be operated on?

A small group of patients with disc disease may require open surgery. Multiple disc protrusions, slipping of the vertebrae in the spine, simultaneous fracture of the vertebrae are among the cases that require open surgery.

What are the complications of lumbar disc surgery?

Complications of open surgery include nerve damage caused by surgery, adhesions after surgery and pain after surgery, some of these problems can be controlled with the help of less invasive methods.

Types of non-invasive lumbar disc surgery methods:

Patients who suffer from spinal joint problems due to various reasons such as previous spine surgery history, old age rheumatic diseases or heavy sports are a group of painful people who refer to pain clinics. All these people complain of pain in the back or neck, and no significant narrowing of the canal can be seen in examinations and imaging, but the problems of the spine joints are evident. These patients are treated with nerve blocks or radio frequency of the spine joints, which improve the pain and provide the necessary background for the daily activities of the patients.

It should be noted that performing these actions has special conditions that must be performed by Dared Fellowship colleagues. For patients who cannot undergo open surgery for various reasons, for example, severe heart or lung diseases, but suffer from spine and disc pain, closed surgery methods are a very suitable alternative for them.

If patients are properly selected for closed surgical procedures such as disc gel or disc laser or disc endoscopy, we see very good results and good responses from these methods in patients. In some patients, especially those who have undergone previous spine surgery or have severe pain but surgery is not possible for them, using Spinal pumps Or spinal stimulators are suggested to control their pain. These two methods are advanced pain control techniques and have specific uses that are recognized and used by the pain fellowship colleagues.

In patients with cervical disc that have not ruptured and especially at a young age, using the Absolute gel technique is a very suitable treatment for them and can treat these discs with a high success rate.

Sometimes, patients who suffer from treatment-resistant headaches, after the necessary investigations, the cause of such headaches can be the cervical vertebrae, and after treating the problem of the neck area, the headaches of these people are completely resolved.

As a result of falling from a height or osteoporosis in the elderly or direct blows to the spine, the vertebrae may be fractured, which causes severe pain in the back or neck area for patients. In these people, it is necessary to take appropriate photographs and one of the methods of epidural injection, cement injection or surgery should be considered for the patients according to the severity of the fracture. Obviously, using non-invasive or less invasive methods to treat and control protruding spinal discs is more logical in the first step and people can return to their daily activities faster. Especially methods such as disc gel and disc endoscopy, which are very successful treatments in the field of neck and back discs.

The best pain clinic for the treatment of spine, back and neck pain

refer to a Pain specialist It can be effective in controlling and treating this disease. For this purpose, we recommend that you contact Dr. Siamak Moradi at the following number for consultation and appointment.

Number: 021-88882424

Mobile: 09339510017

Address: Tehran, Jordan, after Mirdamad, West Qobadian St., No. 9, 1st floor