Laser Back Surgery unlike other laser cosmetic surgery, assumes high importance as a cure to a severe pain from slip disc. Also Laser Back Surgery can be lot quicker less painful and bleeding than the conventional surgery. Moreover precision and efficacy of Laser Back Surgery is highly dependable.

In general, about half of all those above the age of 45 are likely to suffer slip disc. And within that the majority will have it after 55 years. The promise Laser Back Surgery provides them at their age is a great relief.

The spines or vertebrae are cushioned by these spongy tissues which are kept in place by fibers running across. These fibers resemble rubber bands. The spongy tissues (lumber discs) also connect the spines through out. They protect the spines when we hop, twist, stretch and what not. Over a period of time they bulge out straining the fibrous bands. There are chances of this bearing against the sciatic nerves too. All these are reasons for a gradually increasing severe pain.

Laser Back Surgery: The procedure

Laser Back Surgery is essentially performed under local anesthesia and is minimally invasive. The procedure is called percutaneous disectomy and the surgeon inserts a guide wire up to the disc. He then passes a small tube over the guide wire to make way for the laser device to be passed in. This endoscopic laser device has optic fibers and a bright light at the inner end for enabling vision. This is inserted in through the small tube that is already inside up to the spot of surgery. Incision is not required as it stretches the skin and makes way in. The whole thing in Laser Back Surgery can be monitored on a screen.

Next thing in Laser Back Surgery is vaporizing of the disc that had bulged out. The surgeon uses his skill and power of laser and gradually makes shallow and controlled cuts by vaporizing. Once pressure on the nerve is released, the pain is relieved. Some devices use water circulation to cool up the optic fiber.

Laser Back Surgery is quick, least invasive, almost no bleeding and a fast surgery. Hospital stay need not extend beyond a day or two. Total recuperation can be in eight to ten days. All in all, Laser Back Surgery serves those in acute pain, quickly and effectively.