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Microdiscectomy | Operation for Slipped Disc

February 11, 2017 by Tony Setiobudi

Microdiscectomy | Operation for Slipped Disc

Explanation about slipped disc and the cause of the pain. Spinal cord is compressed and slipped disc surgery Singapore helps remove the compression and stops the pain.

Slipped disc can be very painful. The typical symptom is pain radiating to the leg with sudden onset. The diagnosis is confirmed with physical examination and MRI scan. Slipped disc surgery (microdiscectomy) can help overcome the pain.

Microdiscectomy is an operation to remove the slipped disc and to free up the nerve. This operation is done with a small incision. The vision during the operation is enhanced using the help of microscope. This operation has a high success rate. The leg pain can disappear or become significantly better immediately after the surgery.

If you have any questions about slipped disc or microdiscectomy, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Author: Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho), Orthopaedic & Spine Surgeon, Mount Elizabeth Hospital (Orchard), Singapore

 

Filed Under: Slipped Disc, Spine Surgery Tagged With: discectomy, microdiscectomy, Microscope, slipped disc, spine surgery

What Makes Spine Surgery Safe?

September 28, 2016 by Tony Setiobudi

What Makes Spine Surgery Safe?

Many more minimally invasive spine surgeries are performed nowadays compared to a few years ago. The rate of complications has reduced significantly with advanced and modern technology.

The experience of the spine surgeons themselves play a significant role in reducing the complication of spine surgery. It has been showed that surgeons who perform more than 50 spine surgeries in a year has significantly lower rate of complication compared with surgeons who perform less than 50 cases per year. If you need spine surgery, make sure that you choose the surgeon with adequate experience in spine surgery.

Other than the operators, there are modern technology that plays an important role to make spine surgery safe. 

  • Neuromonitoring is used to monitor the nerve function at all time during spine surgery. If there is any problem with the nerve, the neuromonitoring machine can alert the surgeon. This allows the problem to be rectify during the surgery.
  • Microscope helps to provide clearer surgical fields especially when the surgical incision is small. Microscopic magnification allows the surgeons to identify the important structure very clearly.
  • Image Guidance using Xray or CT scan provide radiographic feedback to help us to localise the intended area of surgery. It also allows the surgeon to confirm the accuracy of implant placement.
  • Computer Navigation is navigation system similar to GPS. This is used in spine surgery especially in difficult area such the upper cervical spine. This technology provides specific information to the surgeon on the exact area where they are operating when the anatomical landmarks are minimal.

Thus, experienced surgeon together with appropriate modern technology makes the minimally invasive spine surgery safer than before.

Author: Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho), Orthopaedic & Spine Surgeon, Mount Elizabeth Hospital (Orchard), Singapore

Filed Under: Spine, Spine Surgery Tagged With: Computer Navigation, Image Guidance, Microscope, Modern technology, Neuromonitoring, Spine Surgeon, spine surgery

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