Spine Surgery: Completely “SAFE” now

Life is becoming faster & faster day by day in this era of evolution. This speed is not limited just in cities but gone beyond up to villages. With this development, lot of things have to achieved but it has also given curse like Backpain. Because of fast daily life style the people suffering has gone up to extend that almost in every house there is one patient suffering from backpain or neckpain. This pain is sometimes so severe that daily activities are also difficult to carry out. Just taking medicine helps only temporarily and not the permanent solution. Today medical science has developed so much that complete cure is available for this problem. If there is only neckpain or backpain without any complains in hands & legs then a special treatment like REP (Relaxation exercise protocol) in best treatment for making patient okay . This is mostly so effective that patient can become a normal individual and lead normal life. Complains of “Slip disc” (gap) are totally different. They are :- Backpain & leg pain (Schiatica pain), pain at calf region of the leg while walking, tingling/numbness. This suggests Slip disc in Low back region (Lumbar Slip disc or prolapse disc or PIVD) similarly Neckpain & hand pain (radicular pain) with tingling/numbness in hands suggests slip disc in neck region (cervical slip disc or PIVD). For this MRI scan is minimum basic test to confirm slip disc. On simple X-ray slip disc is never seen. Many patients come to doctor with just X-ray and tell that have slip disc. But for correct diagnosis X-ray is not enough and MRI is mandatory but costly. Thus MRI scan can now be done on 50% concession for poor patients. If there is small slip disc then there is no need for surgery, but if complains of patient are very severe and MRI scan shows large disc piece which has slipped out of its place (i.e. large slip disc or technically called PIVD = prolapse disc = prolapse intervertebral disc) then surely small simple surgery is best treatment opinion. But specialist doctor decides about surgery only when he (with his experience) matches 3 following points with each other:- (1) Patient’s problem (complains) (2) Findings on checking (examination) (3) MRI scan findings and report. This is key to success for any spine treatment – whether to conduct surgery or not. After this simple surgery most of these patients starts walking comfortably within 3-4 hours of surgery. Today medical field has advanced up to the extent that many of these operations can be done without stitches and patient can go discharge from hospital within 1-2 days. Now bigger operation where spine fixation is done with plates & screws, there also patient are allowed to walking in 4 to 6 hours comfortably. Unfortunately Patients who have already developed complete paralysis or have tumor (esp. cancer) in spinal cord, they have poor results. All patient don’t require surgery but where surgery is required there decision of surgery and that too “early surgery” make huge difference. Lot of patient out of fear don’t get ready for surgery and later may deteriorate and develop paralysis or loose control of urine/stool. The reason of such good results in spine surgery are due to following 3 reasons:- 1.Now available MRI scan & that too of good quality. rn2.Highly safe Anesthesia rn3.Skilled operation technique with latest instruments. Specialty with our Neuro department :-rnBrain Hemorrhage (bleeds) rnHead Injury & Spine Injury. rnBrain tumor & Spine tumor. rnHeadache. rnFits. rnProblems related to Nerves rnWeakness & paralysis of hands/legs rnSlip disc/ spondylosis /gap in spinern