Are your activities often disrupted due to back pain? It is undeniable that back pain is a disorder that is often complained of by adults. Unfortunately, back pain is also often overlooked because it is considered easy to disappear. However, actually back pain should not be ignored, especially if the frequency of symptoms occurs frequently and feels quite severe, because these symptoms could be a sign of serious health problems.
Severe back pain can also be a sign that your spine is degenerative or porous. The condition of the degenerative spine itself is a condition of wear and tear that occurs gradually in the discs ( discs ), joints and bones of the spine (spine) which generally occurs in:
- Someone who often lifts weights, bends, twists, or sits too much
- Someone who smokes and rarely does sports
- Someone who is old
This degenerative spinal condition usually begins with the following symptoms:
- Stiffness that is often felt in the waist, especially when you wake up
- Pain in the lower back area
- Back pain accompanied by tingling
- Weakness or numbness in the back, buttocks, groin, legs or feet
If you have tried to treat these symptoms in various ways but they never get better, it is very likely that you have a degenerative spinal condition.
Degenerative spinal conditions can gradually compress the spinal cord and nerves, causing the conditions mentioned above. If these complaints continue to occur and really interfere with your activities, surgery is the recommended course of action. The operation can be performed using Conventional Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion ( TLIF ) or Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion ( MIS TLIF ) techniques .
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion ( TLIF ) is a contemporary approach to spinal fusion surgery. This is an operation performed on the lower back area to remove the intervertebral discs and join two or more vertebrae (vertebrae) together using screws and cages .
TLIF is performed using an "open" technique, which requires a larger incision along the mid-back. Through this incision, the doctor then cuts, or retracts, the spinal muscles and tissue to access the spine and disc space. This cutting and pulling of muscles and tissues is one of the reasons why after surgery, patients experience a long recovery period , namely within a period of several weeks or months.
The MIS TLIF T henique Is Proven to Be an Effective and Safer Alternative
In the Minimally Invasive TLIF technique , the doctor inserts a small tube through the skin until it "rests" against the spine. Using special surgical instruments, the doctor then performs the entire TLIF procedure through the tube . The surgery is performed through a small tube, rather than a larger "open" incision, greatly reducing the amount of muscle and tissue that is cut or pulled. Blood loss was reduced drastically .
The purpose of this MIS is to minimize tissue damage so that the pain felt after surgery is minimal. The MIS TLIF technique also makes hospitalization shorter and patient recovery times faster than TLIF .
Thus, it can be concluded that the Minimally Invasive TLIF technique has various advantages, including:
- The network is damaged / torn so less
- Healing / recovery is faster so that patients can return to their activities more quickly
- Postoperative pain is lighter and goes away faster than the TLIF technique
- The scar from surgery is smaller so it looks better in terms of appearance
- Patients are taking fewer pain relievers after surgery
The MIS TLIF technique can be used to treat patients with spinal pain with the following conditions:
- Degenerative disc disease
- Herniated disc
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spinal stenosis
If you or someone close to you experiences spinal pain with this condition, immediately visit the EMC Tangerang Hospital. At EMC Tangerang Hospital, you can get Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion ( MIS TLIF ) services with sophisticated and modern equipment, and handled directly by Dr. Harmantya Mahadhipta, Sp.OT (K)Spine as Orthopedic and Traumatology Specialist, Spine Consultant.
You can consult Dr. Harmantya Mahadhipta, Sp.OT (K) Spine who practices at EMC Tangerang Hospital on Mondays and Wednesdays at 15:00-17:00 WIB. For further information, you can also call the telephone number 021-5575 2575 or contact the contact person : Ekha (0878 8989 0102) or Kurnia (0878 8989 0201). Don't delay and let the symptoms of the disease get worse, get proper treatment at the EMC hospital immediately. #LiveExcellently