Herniated Lumbar Disc, Which Surgical Procedure is Right for Me? Lumbar disc herniation

Your medical history is 5 months old, the symptoms are mainly low back pain combined with left lower limb pain, MR shows that the height of L5/S1 intervertebral disc is reduced, and the color is darkened, which is a kind of change of intervertebral disc degeneration, and the protrusion is more obvious, and the nerve root is compressed, and it is ineffective after the conservative treatment. This situation should be treated surgically, as for the surgical method, because there is disc degeneration combined with low back pain symptoms, and the age of almost 50 years old, so it is not suitable for simple minimally invasive disc nucleotomy, if the disc is cut simply, the leg pain can be solved, but the low back pain can not be solved. Should do the conventional incision surgery, the surgical way for disc nucleus pulposus excision after hitting the nail fixation kind of professional term called "posterior intervertebral fusion". After the surgery, the back pain and leg pain can be solved.

(Guangzhou Military General Hospital Dr. Ai Fuzhi solemn reminder: due to the inability to face patients, can not fully understand the condition, the above recommendations are for reference only, the specific diagnosis and treatment, please be sure to go to the hospital under the guidance of a doctor!)