A herniated disc is a bulging of a chondral nucleus. It appears because of a sedentary lifestyle, excessive load on the spine and a result of traumas. Herniated disc compresses the nerve fibers and causes a strong pain.

If a hernia is small, it can disappear by itself, or with massage. In other cases, the help of experienced dermatologists in necessary, because it can lead to invalidization.

In which cases a herniated disc is recommended to treat in Israel

  • severe pain which cannot be killed with non-narcotic drugs;
  • permanent pain during physical exercises;
  • compression of so-called "Horsetail," i.e., a final part of the spinal cord. This condition is accompanied by intense pain in the lower abdomen, incontinence of feces and urine, impotence;
  • impaired sensitivity and limb function, erectile dysfunction;
  • permanent headaches, increases in blood pressure, muscle weakness, numbness of the hands (signs of a hernia of the cervical spine).

The advantage of herniated disc treatment in Israel: advanced microsurgery of the spine. Specialists use endoscopic methods, ablation of bulging, etc.

Methods for herniated disc treatment in Israel

  • Radiofrequency ablation. In case of severe pain and impossibility of other methods, a doctor applies irradiation which destroys a nerve ending in the area of damage. The cycles takes 2 months. A procedure is outpatient, but requires permanent monitoring and may be accompanied by pain in the first 2 weeks.
  • Nucleotomy. An electrode (or optical fiber for the laser method) is inserted into the intervertebral disc, then a part of the disk is evaporated. The advantage of manipulation is an immediate elimination of pain syndrome and other consequences of a hernia.
  • Spondylosis. A surgeon may suggest removing the affected intervertebral joint in an advanced condition. During a surgery, a herniated disc is removed, and the space between the vertebrae is filled with an allo-transplant (the material is taken from the patient's pelvic bone). It solves the problem of a specific hernia forever, but the mobility and flexibility of the spine change irreversibly.

Microsurgery of the spinal cord in Israel

Discectomy is a manipulation similar with nucleotomy. A doctor removes a part of a herniated disc which compresses a nervous ending. It is performed using an operative microscope. During a surgery, ligament, muscles and nervous endings are not damaged.

After 5 days of hospitalization, a patient recovers completely. In a month a patient can do physical exercises, have a healthy lifestyle. The cost of a procedure in Israel is from 20,000 USD.

Laminectomy. If a hernia is impossible to be removed, a doctor can take a lamina away. This procedure is also called “open decompression of a hernia.” A surgeon decompresses a nervous ending thanks to the increasing of free space.

During surgery, a specialist cuts muscles off the vertebral arch and decompresses the spinal cord.

For 1 day a patient returns to a normal life - sensitivity and functions of limbs appear.

The price for laminectomy is from 10,000 USD. A patient stays at the hospital for 1 day.

Rehabilitation after discectomy and laminectomy in Israel

After surgery, a patient needs to stay at the hospital for the week. It is necessary for prevention of possible complications (they happen rarely):

  • a relapse of compression;
  • infection of a wound, spinal cord (this index in Israel in the lowest in the world);
  • bleeding from vessels in the surgery area.

If a herniated disc is detected at the early stages, it is removed without complications.