Articles 37–48 of 112, from the practice of Dr. M. Abdur Rehman, consultant neurosurgeon, Faisalabad — part of the same list as all 112 articles. Browse by category instead: Brain · Conditions · Cost & practicalities · Endoscopic surgery · Laser & other procedures · Microscopic & microdiscectomy · Recovery & living with it · Spine health · Symptoms & diagnosis.
Before you agree to spine surgery, ask what your diagnosis is, which disc level, whether the MRI matches your symptoms, what happens if you wait, what non-surgical care you have no…
Bring your actual MRI films or CD, not only the report. Add X-rays, any older scans, a written list of every medicine and dose you take, old prescriptions and discharge papers, and…
You are likely a candidate if leg pain is worse than back pain, an MRI shows a disc or bone pressing on a nerve that matches your symptoms, and six weeks of medicine and physiother…
Yes, for selected patients awake endoscopic spine surgery is safe. Local anaesthesia with light sedation avoids the risks of general anaesthesia and lets you tell the surgeon if a …
Day care spine surgery means you are admitted, operated and discharged on the same day. It is possible for selected patients having endoscopic discectomy or a small microdiscectomy…
Endoscopic disc surgery cost in Pakistan is not one fixed number. It depends on the hospital, the level operated, anaesthesia, implants if any, and how many nights you stay. Ask fo…
Endoscopic disc surgery removes the disc fragment through a tube about 8 millimetres wide, guided by a camera. Open disc surgery, usually a microdiscectomy, uses a small cut and a …
Endoscopic disc surgery removes the piece of slipped disc pressing on a nerve through a tiny 7-8mm skin cut. A thin camera-tipped tube is guided to the disc under X-ray, the surgeo…
Both operations remove the disc fragment pressing on your nerve, and both work well. Your MRI decides which one fits. Endoscopic discectomy suits a contained, single-level disc rea…
There is no single price. In Pakistan, endoscopic spine surgery is quoted in rupees as a package that depends on the hospital, the level operated, the anaesthesia used and how long…
To arrange endoscopic spine surgery in Faisalabad, send your MRI report, X-rays and a short note about your symptoms for review, then come for a clinical examination. Surgery is on…
Most sciatica settles within six to twelve weeks with medicine and physiotherapy. Endoscopic spine surgery is considered when leg pain from a compressed nerve root persists beyond …