Description of technique:
A disk being addressed:
We must say that although the world are few who perform this technique, the future shows a significant extension of this method and other methods of endoscopic spine, which represent minimal aggression to the patient. There are 3 ways to perform disectomy and all are made with the patient awake and only under local anesthesia with sedation (the first general anesthesia is contraindicated because the patient together with the doctor telling you the type of pain that feels as this will appear in the course of the intervention and how it fades until it disappears completely at the end of the procedure).
It makes a point of entry to several centimeters of the column through a hole to be closed with only 1 stitch, then a specialized technique the patient reaches the finish for his exeresis either automatically (Automatic Percutaneous Disectomy) through a device that sucks the contents of the center of the disk or manual using special instruments that allow the removal of the degenerated disc material.do.
Advantages of this method::
Percutaneous discectomy offers many advantages over other techniques. Here are some:
* The spine is not injured.
* At no time are phenomena of fibrosis or spinal instability, as with classic surgery.
* The patient does not need hospitalization, is ambulatory, the patient enters the morning and leaves in the afternoon.
* No need general anesthesia (but during the sedation is always an anesthesiologist).
* The work of the surgeon is less and shorter, all this makes percutaneous disectomy (removal of herniated discs through the skin).
* The time of rest a week never passes and hence are lost through absenteeism infinitely less than with conventional surgery.
* Even the Insurance Companies pay for a procedure such as percutaneous disectomy which would cost 60% less than traditional surgery is a big advantage.
With this new method, without being hospitalized patient gets a date for a specific day in the morning, without hospitalization and at night will be at home, being able to reintegrate to work in a few days. All this and more makes the Percutaneous Discectomy is a method with many advantages and truly revolutionary.