Guest guest Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 I had a discectomy at L5-S1 ... --- <watermelanie@...> wrote: > has anyone tried the discetomy instead of the > fusion? i've been doing > some reading and read that a discectomy is much less > invasive and > might be helpful for her to try first. > > any thoughts? > > -melanie > > > Discover Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover./stayintouch.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 did it help? > > has anyone tried the discetomy instead of the > > fusion? i've been doing > > some reading and read that a discectomy is much less > > invasive and > > might be helpful for her to try first. > > > > any thoughts? > > > > -melanie > > > > > > > > > > Discover > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! > http://discover./stayintouch.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 I had a bulging disc that was pressing on the siatic nerve .,Yes it did help,but I have nerve damage from having to go thru PT and steroid shots first,instead of just going the surgery . --- <watermelanie@...> wrote: > did it help? > > > > > > has anyone tried the discetomy instead of the > > > fusion? i've been doing > > > some reading and read that a discectomy is much > less > > > invasive and > > > might be helpful for her to try first. > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > -melanie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Discover > > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and > more. Check it out! > > http://discover./stayintouch.html > > > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail./mailtour.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 , Speaking from experience as well, your mom having a discectomy will remove part of the damaged disc and thus relieve the pressure on the nerve tissue and alleviate the pain. However, you can bet that it will not last like most hope. I had a combined discectomy and laminotomy at L4-5 back in 1994. It did relieve the leg, and buttock pain for awhile, the end result was much worst. Of course everyone is different, nevertheless, even after the discectomy at whatever level or levels, the disc are now weakened further and may not support the spine within that area thus causing more than one disc to reherniate, rupture, or bulge. Regards, 07/29/1994 ~ Laminotomy & Discectomy at L4-5 01/25/1999 ~ Benign Essential Tremors & Dysequilibrium 02/01/2000 ~ 360 Degree Interbody Anterior & Posterior L4-L5, & L5-S1 Spinal Fusion using iliac crest bone graft and Danek/TSRH stainless Steel Instrumentation 10/08/2001 ~ Anterior C5-C6 Cervical Fusion using iliac crest bone graft and Danek/TSRH titanium plate instrumentation 05/05/2005 ~ Again noted L2-L3 - L5-S1 lumbar spinal stenosis, L3-L4 Spondylolysis, Degenerative Disc Disease with osteophyte formation > has anyone tried the discetomy instead of the fusion? i've been doing > some reading and read that a discectomy is much less invasive and > might be helpful for her to try first. > > any thoughts? > > -melanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Well I went to the spine specialist yesterday. He said the shots won't do me any good cause the fragment is floating on my nerve root. So he explained to me 2 surgeries I could have. One is a regular discectomy with a 5 in incision & 6 to 8 week recovery or have a endoscopy discectomy with a 1 1/2 in incision. Well I chose the latter. My surgery is scheduled for the 20th of Feb if there is an operating room available. What do you all think of this surgery. Hugs Kathy/Kady L2-L3 There is mild decrease in height & signal intensity of intervertebral disk w/mild diffuse bulging of the disk annulus. L-3-L4 Norjal disk & facet joints. L4-L5 The disk maintains normal height & signal intensity but a small disk fragment has extruded on the left disk & has migrated superiorly into the left neural foramen compressing the left l4 nerve root. L5-S1 Marked decrease in height & signal intensity of the intervertebral disk w/mild diffuse bulging of the disk annulus & mild fatty replacement of the adjacent bone marrow. The facet joints are normal. Then down lower on the paper it saysImpression:Disk herniation at L4- L5 on the left with a small extruded fragment which has migrated superiorly into the neural foramen & is compressing the left L4 nerve root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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