Dr. Ali Bydon Performs A Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy

[oreoluverzunite]

My mom had this done.

[chepevargas]

I need this surgery so bad....im in so much pain, everyday....

[THEGEOFIXX]

@chepevargas hi, i was wondering if you ever went to the doc for surgery for your disc? I'm actually in horrible pain from a l5/s1 disc protrusion. Just wondering if your better. Thanks and I hope you're great now!

[chepevargas]

@THEGEOFIXX Hi there, I had my surgery on Dec 14. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks. Mine was different than the one on this video. I had L4-5 anterior discectomy and fusion, L4-5 posterior laminectomy and fusion. I had two incisions, one in my belly and one in my back. I feel great. My back pain and numbness in my legs is completely gone.My legs are a little weak and i cant twist, bend or turn yet. I feel better everyday. Im sorry about your pain. I know what its like. I had it for 10 years.

[chepevargas]

@THEGEOFIXX I hope you get it fixed soon. Let me know if you need any more information and i will gladly share it. Good luck to you :)

[wolgreth]

god bless you guys for doing this; I am a biomedical engineer; has there been any work done on fabricating a bio-memetic synthetic polymer disc for total disc replacement?

[pearlsbeforeswine100]

I am in the medical profession so little grosses me out, but I had this surgery (plus a laminectomy) about two years ago and this video just about brought me to tears. I see several people sharing stories of their surgery here - I don't know if it was the combo of procedures or what but I took four months to recover and a year to return totally to normal. It was a tremendously painful experience to me (and my incision was 4 inches long...) but it was well worth the fantastic results I achieved.

[duanemurray290862]

I had this done at nufield hospital oxford uk in 2009 the opperation took 1h 30min, i was walking two hours after the opperation ( in the ward ) with no pain in my legs or back, i was home the next day, i went back to work on light dutys a week later, todays date 22nd jan 2011 over two years on, still ok, no pain, still working as a carpet and upholstery cleaner in milton keynes, bucks,UK. ( HTO ).

[JohnsHopkinsMedicine]

Hi @phoenixmeow. To answer your question, we are only removing the fragment that herniated outside the disk and not what remains inside the disk space.

[phoenixmeow]

I have a question about removing this disc fragment: Doesn't this severely compromise the integrity of the disc? Wouldn't this procedure ultimately lead to further deterioration of the disc, since you are removing the outer material structure that provides the disc with its stability?

[mojaz87]

Thanks to the team at Johns Hopkins putting these educational materials out and Dr. Bydon of course for treating this patient with minimally invasive methods. One suggestion I have is to perhaps include more labels so medical students and others with similar interests can better appreciate the anatomy in situ. This would also allow them to make correlations with the cadaveric and Netter-style anatomy they may have already studied.

[starbug3my]

I had a lumbar laminectomy and a lumbar discectomy for a bulging disc. The incision was very small. He performed this surgery while I was lying on my side. The neurosurgeon scraped out the disk and stapled the incision closed. My body slowly filled in the area with scar tissue. My neurosurgeon was so skilled that I was able to stand on my feet the next day! It hurt but I did it. I spent 3 days in hospital and have never had a problem since. I think the biggest risk is an infection.

[sluggers6]

i am having this surgery,no back pain to speak of ,but severe pain in the buttocks and leg.........my doctor who is doing the surgery says i will go home the same day and 3months of recovery does this sound about correct

[chrisevilmonkey]

hi, how long does the whole process take?? from cuttin it open to sewing it back up that is.

[chrisevilmonkey]

i am scheduled to do in on the 28th of May 2010...

[SpankRamen2]

@chrisevilmonkey:

Could you PLEASE tell me how it goes & how you feel afterwards? I think my mom might have to get this & I'm concerned. Best of luck to you, Chrisevilmonkey (love that name BTW). :-)

[hman9981]

Hi, so has this surgeon removed the actual lumbar disc? What would the consequences of that be to the patient?

[JohnsHopkinsMedicine]

@hman9981 Hi - We are looking into this response for you. We'll connect back with you shortly.

[JohnsHopkinsMedicine]

@hman9981 Only the herniated disk fragment is removed, not the entire disk. The piece that came out of its place and is compressing the nerve is removed.