What Spinal Conditions May Be Helped By Surgery?

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Neurosurgeon, discusses what spinal conditions may be helped by surgery.

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Featuring Dr. Ramesh Sahjpaul, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Neurosurgeon

Duration: 2 minutes, 28 seconds

Presenter: Dr. Ramesh Sahjpaul, Neurosurgeon, Vancouver, BC

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If a patient has sciatica caused by a bulging or herniated disc, surgery is only required if the condition does not respond to non surgical treatments, is getting worse over time and the patient experiences significant weakness in the leg.

The two most common procedures that are performed on the lower back are a microdiscectomy and a laminectomy.

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