Added on Friday 28 November 2008 14:53:11
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Discal hernia removed with microscope. 45 minutes of operation, 12 hours later the patient walks without pain. The scar is only 2,5 cm long. Surgeon: Dr. Nicola Papapietro, MD
@ApocalypticBastard8 hey, good luck my friend, don't be too scared it's an absolute relief afterwards! yep, it was hurting mainly in my lower back and leg. for me, the surgery pretty much completely eliminated that chronic lower back pain, i felt weaker and it obviously hurt from the surgery, but after i strengthened and the disc healed i was feeling much better! best of luck for the future mate i wish you a speedy recovery
@MrLuy25 Hey i am glad you are doing well. I have surgery planned in about a month. Before surgery did your back hurt or was it just your leg? I am not finding too many people with disc problems who have pain in their backs. Most are just legs. For me its mostly lower back, buttock and sometimes leg.
@AyJay1127 yep, been around 6 months for me and i'm feeling good. i havent started lifting really heavy weights yet, but i just got back from a trip to france with a lot of walking and carrying a backpack, and my legs only hurt a tiny bit, and my back was so little pain it was almost just a bit of uncomfortability. plane was also annoying, but just stretching out my back helped a lot. have you been back into sports n such? i havent just because i am scared of reinjuring it!
I had this surgery 2 months ago and its almost unbelievable the difference between now and when I had the pain. Had serious pain for almost a year before the surgery and it was making want to jump off a fucking building.
Life saving surgery.
@MrLuy25 same bro i was nervous, but after the surgery i felt GREAT and it was nothing compared to the leg pain, i didnt even take any painkillers after the surgery, i could finally sleep without taking narcotics and tylenol 4! its been about 5 months and my leg is better but still a bit stiff and hurting, it only bothers me a little. how are u doing?
I had debilitating sciatic pain caused by an L4-L5 herniation that I endured for a year. Also had foot drop, leg weakness, numbness, pins n needles. Finally had this surgery, and I feel it saved my life. The pain made me contemplate taking my life. No other therapy (pt, chiro, back injections, acupuncture, oral steroids, oral narcotics) worked at all.
My left buttocks, left calf, and left ankle started hurting on 7/16/11. My surgery is on 8/8/11. 3 weeks of pain was enough for me. That sh%# hurts. I couldn't get out of bed the first week.
I had this done L4 L5 jul 27 and 6 days later ,no leg hip pain ,it was outpatient and they had me up walking afterwards to bathroom, incision is about an 1 " long, no stiches, just steri strips, ice it every 4 hrs, The Doc was Great and thats with a Capital G REAT !! ! i'm walking around doing the stairs , my hip does pinch sometimes when I get up or try to sit down, one word of advice stool softener, I am so glad its over and on the road to recovery
I just got this done today. Thanks for the video and all the comments below really helped me. I wish I would have seen this before I had the surgery though. I need to Youtube things more often. :)
@MrLuy25 wow that's awesome how you're feeling great 4 months post-op... i was still in terrible shape after 4 months... i'm 7months in now and i have recovered no doubt but i don't think i can run yet! i used to play a lot of cricket and that's how i ended up with the bad back...
so have you gone back to cross country yet? when i was just 4 weeks post-op i went to an LP concert under pain killers,, lol, have you gone back to any concerts yet?
@Quarker99 hey, i know!! i'm about 4 months out now, life is fantastic. i'm sitting for long periods of time and hopefully managing a flight from australia to europe in september (which i'm feeling positive about)
the only real sport i did was cross country running, but i used to go to a lot of rock concerts and jump around etc. which might have something to do with it, we're not really sure though because it came on gradually for me.
how are you going? did you do something to cause it?take care
@MrLuy25 hey, i had the same surgery for when i was 16 (i'm 17 now) which done roughly 7 months ago.. i'm wondering what kind of sports, etc. you used to play? how's everything now? it's so rare to find anyone that's had a back-op under 20yrs of age...
I SUFFERED A LOWER BACK DISK HERNIATION , IT WAS DIAGNOSED TO BE L4.L5 THIS HAPPENED APPROX. 4 YRS AGO . I AM ON PAIN MEDICATION HYDROCODONE BUT STILL WITH ALOT PAIN ,,CAN ANY ONE INFORM ME OF A GOOD SURGEON IN SAN ANTONIO TX. I AM 44 YEARS OF AGE BUT FEEL LIKE 70 ....PLEASE HELP . THANK YOU.
@66blades66 I am 69 yrs old & have herneated disc in L 5 & S1 for the last 12 yrs & my chiropractor says to keep away from surgery that there is no gaurentee that it will fix my problem, & that I need chiropractor care, well it hasent done any good for me in all of these years & I am considering going to see a surgeon here in Albany NY bone hospital about this surgery, Cannot take the pain & numbness any longer.
@AyJay1127 hey mate, im 17 and got this 7 weeks ago. the pain from the surgery was nothing compared to what id been feeling the previous 7 months. it was a huge relief to have it done. i was naturally worried before surgery but immediately after i was unbelievably happy. best of luck to you.
@jizzo194 the modern operation is similar to the traditional one, but we do a smaller skin and muscle incision. The success rate depends on the surgeon skills and the nature and position of the herniated disc. The smaller incision is correlated with an early recovery, not with the efficacy of the surgical treatment.
@66blades66 Thanks for your reply. Hope you dont mind me asking another question. As a surgeon would you say that this operation has differed over the past few years and if so has the success rate highered or stayed the same. cheers
jamie
Hello anybody... I'm in the military and my whole right foot is numb and my right leg is killing me. Its been this way for a couple months now and they're still telling me the same crap they told me from the beginning. I FINALLY got an MRI and they're telling me its definitely a herniated disc. (They said slight but I'm not convinced that means anything since my foot is numb and the pain is intense). Good question Jamie, I'd like to know the same. Any advice or words of wisdom?
hi there was just woundering what symptoms you had from your l4/l5 disc prolaspe. i have the same. had nerve root block injections 2 weeks ago and i feel as though ive gotten worse. i have servere pain on my right hand side back hips groin buttock and mostly around my coxis area. i feel an op is the way forward.
how are you feeling now if you dont mind me asking.
jamie
@satchumo @satchumo i had a surgery on monday the 25 for hernated disc. for L4 AND L5 . im still recoverin but i can walk i feel much better. and my back much straighter then before
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