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Home /Procedures and Treatments / Percutaneous Discectomy

Percutaneous Discectomy

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Percutaneous Discectomy is an advanced procedure that decreases pressure on nerve roots from bulging or protruding discs. A patient that has not responded to epidural steroid injections may benefit from Percutaneous Discectomy through a treatment referred to as Nucleoplasty.

Bulging or herniated discs can exert pressure on nerves exiting the spine and can cause pain to radiate from there. This type of pain is called "radiculopathy." If the problem occurs in the lumbar (lower back) pain may radiate into the legs, which is sometimes referred to as sciatica.

Nucleoplasty is a method of reducing the size of the bulge or herniation, which relieves the pressure on the nerves and thus reduces the pain caused by the pressure. A needle that serves as a transmitter device is inserted into the affected disc. Heat energy from the transmitter dissolves small amounts of disc tissue and reduces the pressure on the nerve that is generating the pain. This minimally invasive procedure can be performed at an outpatient surgery center or an office equipped with the appropriate devices.

Patient recovery times range from two to four weeks. With a follow-up course of physical therapy many patients can return to their pre-injury activities.

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Procedures and Treatments

Precision Pain Care uses strategies, methods and technology designed to break the cycle of pain and improve a patient’s quality of life.

  • Celiac Plexus Block
  • Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) stimulation
  • Endoscopic Discectomy
  • Endoscopic Rhizotomy
  • Epidural Steroid Injections
  • Facet Injections and Medial Branch Blocks
  • Joint Injections
  • MILD Lumbar Decompression
  • Minuteman Spinal Fusion Procedure
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Sympathetic Blocks
  • Kyphoplasty
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Movie presentations showing non-invasive pain reducing procedures used by Dr. Linehan to treat various painful conditions.

  • Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) stimulation
  • Endoscopic Rhizotomy
  • Kyphoplasty Procedure
  • MILD Lumbar Decompression
  • Minuteman Spinal Fusion Procedure
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator
  • Translaminar Steroid Injections
  • Transforaminal Steroid Injections

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