Endoscopic disc surgery What is the difference between an open and endoscopic disc surgery?
Unfortunately, an open spine patients enjoy in the general view is no particularly good reputation. In many cases this is done wrongly, but also and especially in the field of minimally invasive spine surgery techniques in recent years to make significant gains on the ground. This includes the endoscopic removal of herniated discs. Here you can by changing the access path to the disc a vast improvement of the usual complications are errreicht.
The endoscopic removal of a hernia, use is made of the findings of the joint endoscopic surgery. Through this technique it is possible through micro-remove little traumatizing receipts of only a few millimeters from the spinal canal to herniated discs. Another important advantage, if not the advantage of this technique is the possibility of running in local anesthesia. This means that no anesthesia is required and thus the possibility of nerve root injury with subsequent paralysis is almost impossible.
What are the disadvantages of endoscopic disc surgery?
The technical demands on the surgeon is relatively high. The surgical duration is not necessarily shorter than an open microsurgical procedure. Furthermore, not all disc herniations can be operated by an endoscopic procedure.
It is sometimes also necessary during surgery, the change to an open procedure. It is usually encountered as the cause a little bleeding, but the rinse solution starts turning red and the visibility is considerably more difficult.
What are the advantages of endoscopic disc surgery?
As a rule, establish a considerably less soft tissue trauma is. Also there is evidence in the posterolateral, transforaminal access to the epidural space and intervertebral to keinerVerletzung of structures, which could lead to einerNarbenbildung or even a Instabilitätführen. This access reduziertebenfalls significantly the likelihood of the emergence of a Postnukleotomie syndrome.