About the Treatment Method
Advantages of Closed Hernia Surgery
In microsurgery, a 2-3 cm incision is usually made, tissues are separated with special instruments, and after the hernia is emptied, a titanium "cage" is placed in that area for support. In the endoscopic method, entry is made through a hole only as thick as a pen tip, and only the hernia fragment compressing the nerve is removed with tweezers without the need to insert a cage or platinum.
Since muscle tissue and bones maintain their integrity, postoperative pain is almost non-existent. Patients can stand up and walk a few hours after the surgery, and are discharged home on the same day or the next morning without even wearing a neck collar.
No. Microsurgery is still the gold standard, especially for very large, calcified (hardened) hernias or hernias with severe spinal slippage/narrowing in the neck. Endoscopic surgery generally gives excellent results in fresh soft disc herniations that have burst laterally.
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