A lumbar microdiscectomy is the removal of part of a ruptured lumbar disc. The lumbar area is the lower back. Your healthcare provider will remove the part that is pressing, pinching, or irritating your nerve root. A lumbar microdiscectomy may be done when no other treatment relieves your symptoms.
A lumbar microdiscectomy is the removal of part of a ruptured lumbar disc. The lumbar area is the low back. Your healthcare provider will remove the part that is pressing, pinching, or irritating your nerve root. A lumbar microdiscectomy may be done when no other treatment relieves your symptoms.
Our anesthesia team will go over all questions you may have regarding anesthesia prior to your surgery. After entering the operating room, you will be administered anesthesia to sedate you. You will be laid face down on the operating table, a small incision will be made in the center of your back. The surgeon will locate the herniated disc, and the disc fragment will then be removed. The procedure typically takes about 1 hour to complete.
After entering the operating room, you will be administered anesthesia to put you to sleep. The anesthesia team will go over all questions you may have regarding anesthesia prior to your surgery. You will be laid face down on the operating table, a small incision will be made in the center of the back. The surgeon will locate the herniated disc, and the disc fragment is then removed. The procedure typically takes about 1 hour to complete.
