Cost Effective Discectomy In India: Procedure And Risk
India (12 Oct, 2010): Medical tourism provides Discectomy in India at an affordable cost. India is one of the best places for the medical treatment or any other health care in India. Every year thousand of visitors are coming to India from around the world just for the medical check up and relaxation. Medical tourism is fast emerging as a big opportunity for India with its low cost advantage, high quality healthcare providers and an English speaking populace. Discectomy in India is provided by spine surgeons of Mumbai and Chennai at centers offering long-term patient management to help patients recover faster from the surgery.
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A Discectomy is a surgery done to remove a herniated disc from the spinal canal. When a disc herniation occurs, a fragment of the normal spinal disc is dislodged. This fragment may press against the spinal cord or the nerves that surround the spinal cord. This pressure causes the symptoms that are characteristic of herniated discs. The surgical treatment of a herniated disc is to remove the fragment of spinal disc that is causing the pressure on the nerve. This procedure is called a Discectomy. The traditional surgery is called an open discectomy. An open discectomy is a procedure where the surgeon uses a small incision and looks at the actual herniated disc in order to remove the disc and relieve the pressure on the nerve.
How is Discectomy performed?
A Discectomy is performed under general anesthesia. The procedure takes about an hour, depending on the extent of the disc herniation, the size of the patient and other factors. A Discectomy is done with the patient lying face down and the back pointing upwards. In order to remove the fragment of herniated disc, your surgeon will make an incision over the center of your back. The incision is usually about 3 centimeters in length. Using special instruments, your surgeon removes a small amount of bone and ligament from the back of the spine. Once this bone and ligament is removed, your surgeon can see, and protect, the spinal nerves. Once the disc herniation is found, the herniated disc fragment is removed. Depending on the appearance and the condition of the remaining disc, more disc fragments may be removed in hopes of avoiding another fragment of disc from herniating in the future. Once the disc has been cleaned out from the area around the nerves, the incision is closed and a bandage is applied.
What is the recovery from the Discectomy?
Patients often awaken from Discectomy surgery with complete resolution of their leg pain; however, it is not unusual for these symptoms to take several weeks to slowly dissipate. Pain around the incision is common, but usually well controlled with oral pain medications. Patients often spend one night in the hospital, but are usually then discharged the following day. A lumbar corset brace may help with some symptoms of pain, but is not necessary in all cases. Gentle activities are encouraged after Discectomy surgery, such as sitting upright and walking. Patients must avoid lifting heavy objects, and should try not to bend or twist the back excessively. Patients should avoid strenuous activity or exercise until cleared by their doctor.
Risk from Discectomy?
As with any surgery, there are some risks. There is a risk of damaging the nerve roots or spinal structures during Discectomy surgery. There is also some risk of infection following surgery, which may require antibiotics and additional surgery. Some people may get a vein thrombosis (blood clot) or embolus (the clot breaks away and causes a blockage of blood flow in the lung). These conditions can lead to death, but dying from these conditions is rare.
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Medical tourism offers Discectomy in India at discounted price coupled with excellent vacation packages. Medical Tourism or the idea of visiting to a new destination for health treatment and visiting some favorite tourist places at the same time sounds very relaxing and refreshing. Health Tourism or medical tourism is a concept where a patient travels to another country for medical treatment in order to save costs, or get treatment faster or even to avail of better medical facilities. Most patients from Europe, USA and UK travel to developing countries such as India for treatment because India besides, offering low economic budget pricing options for treatment, also offers a good holiday package. To know more about Discectomy in India, please log in to: www.dheerajbojwani.com or mail us your queries at contact@dheerajbojwani.com or call us at: +91-9371136499, +91- 9860755000 (International) / + 1-415-599-2537 (USA) / +44-20-8133-2571 (UK)
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