Lumbar Discectomy Surgery

Patients having low back pain and sciatica because of a disc prolapse will benefit from a surgical procedure called as microdiscectomy. In this procedure a small incision measuring about 1 to 1 ½ inch is made over your back. The disc that has prolapsed and impinging on the nerve is removed to relieve the compression over the nerve. Sometimes a small piece of bone is removed from above the nerve to provide more space for the spinal cord and spinal nerves. Following the procedure, the patient is made t