Neurosurgeons of Private Eastern Anatolia Hospital said that herniated disc is an illness which could be cured. They remark that treatment of herniated disc is possible with laser epiduroscopy method. Our doctors who are brain and nerve surgery specialists informed about laser epiduroscopy method in herniated disc treatment: “Anatomy of lumbar region is monitorized and examined in company with video-camera system by using fiber optic endoscope which can be flex anywhere. Then hernias are minimized and destroyed by applying laser on them. At the same time, bonds in epidural range are cleaned up, nerve is eased and tissues are provided reaching to normal health totally by doing medicine injections.”CASES WHICH EPIDUROSCOPY METHOD IS USED AND ADVANTAGES
Epiduroscopy is thought as optimally cure method for disc hernias which are not big enough to be needed surgery but causing waist and leg aches, spine obstruction and nerve compression and mostly patients who are not cured with physiotherapy and medicines. Up to level three hernias are destroyed by using laser with epiduroscopy. Besides, Patients who were had a lumbar region operation but were not cured, take advantage of epiduroscopy mostly. For these patients, especially bonds which improved after surgery are cleaned up, epidural cavity is opened and by necessary medicines are being injected, patient can regain his/her health by removing negative effects of surgery. Epiduroscopy is performed by going into so little space like a three millimeter. It does not require general anesthesia and it can be with local anesthesia when patient is awake. Hernias which are problem in lumbar region can be interfered with only one attempt. Bone and muscle structures are not damaged. It is an ephemerae method and it takes about 20-30 minutes. Risk of damaging to nerve and veins is too little. Patient can walk two hours after an attempt and he/she can continue his/her daily life one day after.