In daily basis, some improper postures like long sitting, objects lifting, head bending up or down as well as sport injuries, might lead you to spinal problems. Besides, spinal deterioration is counted as one of the causes. It damages a bonding of the spine and eventually results in Herniated Nucleus Pulposus, mostly this disease is found in patients over 40 years of age.
A Cause of Obstructed Excretion
Basically, patients will feel pain on the lower back while having long sitting or walking. The pain frequently occurs during bending the head up and down. Moreover, there might be the pain on legs, together with numbness or feeling like electric connecting to the skin, however, if all symptoms compress the nerves severely. Patients will not be able to excrete the body waste, both by defecation and urination.
Only “certain” patients need surgery
In general, a doctor will provide patients muscle relaxants, physical therapy by back support, including muscular exercising to improve the symptoms. On the contrary, patients with numbness, the doctor might provide a surgery to stabilize the spine position by steel insertion instead.
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion; TLIF
At present, there is medical innovative treatment called TLIF; Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion, another type of the Minimally Invasive Surgery, which treats the patients suffering from Herniated Nucleus Pulposus by a small cut on the skin. The surgeon then will insert a small surgical camera into the cut to find a place in which the spine starts to deteriorate, later, the screws will be used to stabilize the bone. This procedure helps elder patients recover faster, whereas small surgical wounds and painless procedure can prevent them from blood loss.
