A disc bulges when the outer layer of a vertebral disc swells outward and places pressure on the surrounding nerves and structures.
Laser spine surgery for bulging disc.
Finally he explains that although most cases of pain caused by bulging discs are treated nonsurgically there are specific situations when surgery can provide an excellent outcome.
This procedure uses a laser to remove disc tissue that may be causing nerve.
Deuk laser disc repair does not require large incisions that need a long time to heal bone cutting that can weaken the spine and other unpleasant side effects that most traditional spine surgeries incur.
Trevor wahlquist describes how discs function in the spine and discusses the conditions that cause discs to bulge.
Many conditions benefit from laser surgery including spinal and foraminal stenosis sciatica facet joint disease bulging or herniated discs pinched nerves and scar tissue formation.
In the neck laser surgery can be used to treat bulges or tears in the cervical discs herniated discs and brachial neuritis.
One of the more well studied methods of laser back surgery is called percutaneous laser disc decompression pldd.
Although a bulging disc is similar to a herniated disc it is different in that the inner material has not seeped out through the outer layer of the disc.