Guest guest Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Joe have you talked to your doc about the choices? I had a laminectomy back in Jan of 02 and my disc was reherniated again by Oct 02. Now I am having a fusion. Same as you L4-L5 left leg pain..Have you been to <A HREF= " www.spineonline.com " >www.spineonline.com</A> they have a page with info on that and who is a candidate for that type of surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Joe have you talked to your doc about the choices? I had a laminectomy back in Jan of 02 and my disc was reherniated again by Oct 02. Now I am having a fusion. Same as you L4-L5 left leg pain..Have you been to <A HREF= " www.spineonline.com " >www.spineonline.com</A> they have a page with info on that and who is a candidate for that type of surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Joe, One of our male elementary teachers, aka the volleyball coach, had this surgery 4 years ago. In was out-patient (at Mayo Clinic), with a bandaid covering the dinky, hardly worth talking about, incision and he was home and walking by the end of the day. I can't recall if he was off work 2 or 3 weeks, but certainly not more than that. He was back to volleyball in 5 months. He said the pain was minimal and the relief immediate. > Guys - > > It's looking more and more like I'm going to have > surgery to address the pain I'm having in my left leg. > I've been looking on the net and have been getting a > lot of hits on Endoscopic Discectomy. Perhaps this > might be for me to fix my L4/5 hernated disc, maybe > not. I was wondering if anyone has had this surgery in > place of a full blown laminectomy and what the results > were and recovery time. > > joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Joe, One of our male elementary teachers, aka the volleyball coach, had this surgery 4 years ago. In was out-patient (at Mayo Clinic), with a bandaid covering the dinky, hardly worth talking about, incision and he was home and walking by the end of the day. I can't recall if he was off work 2 or 3 weeks, but certainly not more than that. He was back to volleyball in 5 months. He said the pain was minimal and the relief immediate. > Guys - > > It's looking more and more like I'm going to have > surgery to address the pain I'm having in my left leg. > I've been looking on the net and have been getting a > lot of hits on Endoscopic Discectomy. Perhaps this > might be for me to fix my L4/5 hernated disc, maybe > not. I was wondering if anyone has had this surgery in > place of a full blown laminectomy and what the results > were and recovery time. > > joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 - Thanks for that report. , I did check out that website, so I came here to see if anyone had done it. , if your friend has any advice or can offer any more details about his case, I would like to hear it. I'm checking on rental beds now so I can put it where my recliner is. I may have to trade in my old TV for one of them there Plasma Screens. joe > Joe, > One of our male elementary teachers, aka the volleyball coach, had > this surgery 4 years ago. In was out-patient (at Mayo Clinic), with > a bandaid covering the dinky, hardly worth talking about, incision > and he was home and walking by the end of the day. I can't recall > if he was off work 2 or 3 weeks, but certainly not more than that. > He was back to volleyball in 5 months. He said the pain was minimal > and the relief immediate. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 - Thanks for that report. , I did check out that website, so I came here to see if anyone had done it. , if your friend has any advice or can offer any more details about his case, I would like to hear it. I'm checking on rental beds now so I can put it where my recliner is. I may have to trade in my old TV for one of them there Plasma Screens. joe > Joe, > One of our male elementary teachers, aka the volleyball coach, had > this surgery 4 years ago. In was out-patient (at Mayo Clinic), with > a bandaid covering the dinky, hardly worth talking about, incision > and he was home and walking by the end of the day. I can't recall > if he was off work 2 or 3 weeks, but certainly not more than that. > He was back to volleyball in 5 months. He said the pain was minimal > and the relief immediate. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Joe, I'll check with him - would you be ok with him e-mailing you at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Joe, I'll check with him - would you be ok with him e-mailing you at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 - Feel free to e-mail me directly. My email is maxwellj@... . Thanks again. joe > Joe, > I'll check with him - would you be ok with him e-mailing you at home? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 - Feel free to e-mail me directly. My email is maxwellj@... . Thanks again. joe > Joe, > I'll check with him - would you be ok with him e-mailing you at home? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 HI does anybody have any experience with this surgery.. any update would be appreciated.. thanks manisha Manisha Lad --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new .com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I had a 2-level cervical ED in August. I'm still not sure it was successful. I plan to have another MRI in a month or so. Ask any questions you'd like. amcedu > > HI > > does anybody have any experience with this surgery.. > > any update would be appreciated.. > > thanks > manisha > > > Manisha Lad > > --------------------------------- > Stay in the know. Pulse on the new .com. Check it out. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 > > HI > > does anybody have any experience with this surgery...any update would be appreciated.. > thanks > manisha > Manisha Lad Yes, I had a 2-level (C5/6 & C6/7) endoscopic discectomy 4 years ago, by Dr. Stanton Schiffer in Fremont, CA. Despite the promising testimonials on his website, I did not receive much pain relief from the procedure. Another doc told me that since the discs have been surgically perforated, they will need to be removed if I have any further surgery, like fusion... Good luck! Subie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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