Many people may complain of back pain at some point in their lives. In case of severe and long-lasting pain, a person may think that back surgery is the only solution. In some cases, surgery really is the only option. In fact, most low back pain is treated with non-surgical conservative methods.
Inappropriate exposure of the body to inappropriate loads over the years, aging, poor posture, degeneration and trauma can cause structural and functional disorders of the spine over time. As a result, back pain, even leg pain, numbness and loss of strength may occur. These complaints can generally be caused by pathologies such as facet degeneration, disc degeneration, herniated disc, slipped disc, and stenosis in the waist.
With the support during the follow-up period following the treatment, the patient's desired physical activity level and expected life style are tried to be achieved.
What is non-surgical conservative treatment?
For many non-urgent back pains, non-surgical conservative treatment is first tried. The majority of patients benefit from these treatments and recover. These include drug therapy, bed rest, physical therapy, corset therapy, manual therapy and pain management interventions. The duration of this conservative treatment varies for each patient.
What is surgical treatment?
Surgical treatment may be considered for very severe pain that does not go away with conservative treatment. In some cases, patients may experience loss of strength (strength) in the legs, loss of sensation (sense), or urinary and fecal incontinence. Surgery may also be considered in such neurological cases. When making a surgical decision, the exact source of the patient's pain and neurological damage should be determined anatomically. This may be a hernia, stenosis, scoliosis, deformity, fracture, infection or tumor pathology in the waist.
The aim of surgery should be to directly intervene in this source that causes this pathology.
How is surgical treatment performed?
Classical surgical approaches are generally known as "open surgery" among the public. Here, the surgical field is opened with a long incision. In this way, the surgeon has visibility and access to the entire surgical field.
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