Celling Treatment Centers

Laser Disc Repair - prevent lumbar disc re-herniation and continued back pain

The intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine in the lower back is made of tough outer fibers called the annulus and a spongy core called the nucleus.

When a disc herniates, the soft nucleus extrudes through a tear in the annulus. Often this extruded nucleus presses against a spinal nerve and causes sciatica or numbness and tingling down the leg.

The prevalence of a symptomatic herniated lumbar disc is about 3% of the population, depending on age and gender. The highest prevalence is among people aged 30–50 years, with a male to female ratio of 2 to 1.

For patients, 25–55 years of age, about 95% of herniated discs occur at the L4/5 or L5/S1 level of the lower back. Herniated discs above these levels are more common in people over 55 years.

Removal of a herniated disc is termed a discectomy.

Unfortunately, lumbar discectomy has been successful in as low as 64% of patients in one study leaving approximately 35% of patients with a herniated disc unsatisfied with their outcome. This is remarkably less than the 90% success rate of a microdiscectomy.

One of the reasons for this dissatisfaction is contiued pain associated with non-healing of the tear in the annulus or re-herniation of the nucleus through an unhealed tear in the annulus. Although some of these tears are not repairable due to their complex tear pattern most are repairable. Of course, it requires additional surgical time and technical skill but it can be done safely using existing technology.

At Celling Treatment Centers, we do not just remove a herniated disc and hope the tear in the annulus heals naturally. We perform our proprietary Laser Disc Repair procedure when we perform a microdiscectomy. This extra procedure decreases the risk of a disc re-herniation for those who want the assurance that the tear in the disc is repaired. 

Repairing the annulus of the disc is extremely important when trying to prevent a herniated disc from dveloping into full-blown degenerative disc disease!

Our Laser Disc Repair procedure is a complex annulur repair combining microdiscectomy with 1) laser annuloplasty, 2) direct suture repair of the tear and 3) stem cell application to facilitate healing and disc regeneration.

Disc annulus repair can significantly improve outcomes after lumbar disc herniation treatment. Lumbar disc herniation treatment with microdiscectomy and laser disc repair can prevent re-herniation of a herniated disc after lumbar discectomy. Celling Treatment Centers performs anulus repair after lumbar microdiscectomy in Austin, Texas.

Celling Treatment Centers serves all of Canada and the United States including Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Texas, including Atlanta, Billings, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Edmonton, Houston, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mesa, Miami, Midland-Odessa, Montreal, Orlando, Ottawa, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Quebec, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Scottsdale, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg.

Ask about the many benefits of minimally invasive spine surgery and laser spine surgery for other spine problems such as spinal stenosis, bulging discs, bone spurs, facet arthritis, herniated disc relief, neck problems, disc pain and spine arthritis.

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