Articles 49–60 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.
Endoscopic spine surgery treats spinal stenosis by widening the narrowed canal through a cut of about one centimetre, using a camera and fine instruments. It relieves leg pain and …
Studies comparing full-endoscopic discectomy with microdiscectomy show similar leg pain relief and similar rates of repeat surgery. The endoscopic route uses a smaller opening, cau…
Choose on training and honesty, not advertising. Ask the surgeon how many endoscopic cases they do each month, who operates if a problem arises, and what happens if the disc comes …
For a properly selected patient with a disc pressing on a nerve, endoscopic spine surgery works well: most people get significant or complete relief of leg pain, and studies compar…
Yes, endoscopic disc surgery is safe for correctly selected patients. It is done under local or spinal anaesthesia through a needle-sized opening, so muscle and bone are barely dis…
Microscopic and endoscopic disc surgery remove the same herniated disc material and give similar long-term relief for taang mein dard. The choice depends on where the disc has slip…
Most people walk within a few hours of endoscopic spine surgery and go home the same day or the next. Sitting and light desk work usually return in one to two weeks. Driving and no…
Endoscopic spine surgery is generally safe, but it is still surgery. The main risks are temporary nerve irritation causing burning or numbness in the leg, the disc herniating again…
Endoscopic spine surgery leaves one small cut, usually under a centimetre, closed with one or two stitches or skin glue. Keep it clean and dry for the first week, do not soak it in…
Both are keyhole routes to the same slipped disc. Transforaminal endoscopic discectomy enters from the side, through the natural hole where the nerve exits, often under local anaes…
Endoscopic spine surgery removes the piece of disc pressing on your nerve through an opening of about 7 to 8 millimetres, using a camera and instruments passed down a thin tube. Mu…
Before laser or endoscopic surgery makes sense for a slipped disc, your MRI has to show disc material touching a nerve at the exact level and side of your leg pain, not just a bulg…