Many Bulging Disc Patients Can Be Helped with LSI’s Laser Surgery

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Many Bulging Disc Patients Can Be Helped with LSI’s Laser Surgery

A bulging disc is an injury that often occurs in your 30s or 40s when you are engaging in a strenuous activity. Whether you’re playing a fun game of touch football or are straining your back while moving furniture, a bulging disc happens when the soft cushions, or discs, between your vertebrae become weakened. Sometimes the disc tears and pushes through to the spinal cord, pressing on nerves and causing discomfort. If the bulging disc is in your lower back, it can cause pain, tingling, and numbness in the legs. In the neck, a bulging disc can cause pain that radiates to your shoulders, arms, and fingers.

At first you may try rest, anti-inflammatory medication, and physical therapy to ease your symptoms. If your bulging disc does not heal by itself in a few months, you may need surgery to treat the problem. One type of surgery that your doctor may tell you about is open back surgery, which is performed in a hospital under general anesthesia. Unfortunately, open back surgery comes with potential downsides such as the risk of infection, a long recovery time, and excessive scar tissue.

As a statistically safer and more effective alternative, laser back surgery by Laser Spine Institute can treat a bulging disc and help you return to the activities you once enjoyed.

Our patients tell us they chose laser surgery because:

It is a quick outpatient procedure that can be completed in about an hour
It allows patients to be awake and comfortable during the procedure thanks to the use of local anesthesia and deep IV sedation
It offers a fast recovery time - two weeks or less in many cases
It has a higher success rate than open back surgeries
It offers a much lower rate of infection, an average of 0.1% as opposed to the average 4% infection rate of hospitals

Before you make a final decision about how to treat your bulging disc, you should look into the benefits of laser spine surgery. Our medical experts will be happy to explain the procedure to you and review your case to see if LSI’s procedures are appropriate for you. Please contact us to receive a free MRI or CT scan review and to discuss the details of your case.

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