About 150,000 Americans undergo disk removal each year in the United States
It is the removal of an intervertebral disk
The most common risk of the surgery is infection, which occurs in 1-2% of cases
Approximately 150,000 Americans undergo disk removal each year in the United States
Epidural
It is the removal of a disk in the spine
Disk removal
Diskectomy
A neurosurgeon or orthopedic surgeon
The surgical removal of a portion of an intervertebral disk
The aim of the surgery is to try to relieve all pressure on nerve roots by removing the pulpy material from the disk, or the disk itself
The most common risk of the surgery is infection.Rarely, the surgery damages nerves in the lower back or major blood vessels in front of the disk. Occasionally, there may be some residual paralysis of a leg or bladder muscle.
No but I have gotten a crack before on my disk it is not common