Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

A person who has experienced a herniated disc knows that this involves intense pain, even to the extent of being incapacitated. In many instances, the source of the pain is pressure on nerve fibers and nerve roots in the region, which are considered to be very central nerves in our bodies. The pressure exerted can even cause additional symptoms to appear, some of which are particularly serious, which will necessitate careful and effective neurosurgery – lumbar disc herniation surgery.

The personnel at the Neurosurgical Center for Excellence at the Herzliya Medical Center are very experienced in treating these problems, with high success rates in treating lumbar disc herniation.

Dangers of lumbar disc herniation

• Disc herniation in and of itself almost always necessitates treatment: the disc is actually a viscous layer between each of the spinal vertebrae – a layer contained within a fibrous envelope, serving as the body’s shock absorber.
• When the fibrous envelope bursts, due to excessive load, a wrong movement or other reasons, disc herniation.
• Disc herniation reduced the body’s shock-absorbing capability, especially at the point where it occurred. There are a few instances in which this is not felt and does not cause symptoms, but in most instances, such injury – especially in the areas of the lower back – causes pain that necessitates treatment.

The pain is usually caused by the pressure exerted on the surroundings by the fluid that escapes. It is important to remember that this is a very crowded region – the region of the spinal canal in which the spinal cord is located. Any material that escapes into this canal will exert pressure on the nerve roots coming out of it, and sometimes on the spinal cord itself.

Lumbar disc herniation could cause many symptoms, due to the fact that in this region there are quite a few large and central nerve roots. To this, we add the fact that disc herniation is considered very common in the lower back (because this is where the greatest load is borne), which makes operations to correct lumbar disc herniation very common.

Lower back pain, which also radiates to the lower limbs, one of the most common symptoms caused by a lumbar disc herniation. In the more severe cases, those that necessitate urgent lumbar disc herniation surgery, problems with continence and with obtaining an erection, numbness and pins-and-needles sensation of the lower limbs and even paralysis and loss of sensation will occur.

Lumbar disc herniation surgery is usually performed by Herzliya Medical Center’s specialists in neurosurgery and orthopedics, who cooperate to treat the affected disc, while in parallel preventing damage to the nerve roots or distancing or removing its cause.

Persistent lower back pain accompanied by various symptoms could indicate neurological damage. Are you dealing with this condition? For advice and further information, contact us at telephone: +972-9-959-4888, or leave your details and we will get back to you promptly.