Surgical procedures for the treatment of protruded disc are: Open and traditional treatment – Laminectomy Microdiscectomy PELD (Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy) LASE (Laser Assisted Spinal Endoscopy) Laminectomy - Traditional Spine Surgery Laminectomy is an open procedure started in the year 1934, where parts of the vertebrae called lamina is completely removed after spinal muscles are separated from their position to visualize the disc. In Microdiscectomy, the part of lamina is removed along with stripping of spinal muscles to visualize the disc. Microdisectomy Both the procedures are performed under general anaesthesia.
During the removal of lamina, if accidentally the most important part of the vertebra called pars is removed, the whole procedure is likely to fail causing instability in the spine. PELD (Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy) PELD is a step advance from…
