Since the microdiscectomy is a partial discectomy, it means the entire disk wasn't removed, just the problematic stuff that had escaped. Wichman said the procedure is often a day surgery that ...

Doctors at NEIGRIHMS warn that smoking significantly elevates the risk of lumbar disc herniation due to its damaging effects ...

Discectomy is a common outpatient spinal procedure, but for patients with large annular defects (>5mm), outcomes can be unpredictable and sometimes devastating. In a session at Becker’s 22nd Spine, ...

The first endoscopic microdiscectomy procedure at DuPage Medical Group’s new ASC in Westmont, Ill., was performed by Ashish Patel, MD. Endoscopic microdiscectomies offer many benefits for the ...

Doctors at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) here have warned ...

Christian Yelich was in good spirits after undergoing a microdiscectomy, a procedure designed to alleviate pain and nerve issues in the patient's back. He did not, however, want to dig too deeply ...