Prof. Dr. Yunus Aydın Blog

It is an alternative for those who do not have a neurological disorder and do not have the patience or time for bed rest. I wouldn't recommend it fervently. It is not recommended for people with nerve damage. When we feel pain, the mechanism that protects the nerve preserves its effects. It is our protective reflex that cleans us not to suffer, but to find care for our nervous problems. Eliminating the cause of pain or relieving it with medication does not mean treatment. Especially when you're angry...

The symptoms of lumbar herniation vary depending on the level of the herniation. Initially, when the weakened and narrowed annulus is subjected to pressure, the pain-sensitive nerves inside it are stimulated, and our brain perceives the incident as 'lower back pain.' At this stage, there are no symptoms related to the nerve because the gap between the disc and the nerve passing behind it is not filled. When this gap is filled, and the nerve is compressed, the protective alarm of our body's most important organ, the nerves, is activated, and now we experience intense pain along a specific path in the arm or leg. This pain is a severe condition, often referred to by our grandparents as 'sciatica.' Initially, our body's protective reflexes kick in with the pain: it finds the position with the least pressure on the nerve and tightens the muscles to hold us in that position. If this contraction persists, we also feel pain due to the bloodless contracted muscle, which is regional pain consistent with the contracted muscle.

Although it seems to be advantageous as it allows working through a 1 cm hole, there is a high probability of the hernia recurrence in the future as it only removes the part that protrudes. Proponents of this technique draw a parallel between disc surgery and dental treatment and argue that surgery can be performed again when necessary. It has no superiority over the microsurgery method we apply, and working with a three-dimensional image through a microscope is also...