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Back Pain Surgery
Reasons for Back Pain SurgeryMost actual anatomical causes of back pain can and will be successfully treated with appropriate medical or complementary treatment. Many painful conditions do not even require any treatment at all, since they will heal completely on their own. For patients who suffer from treatment resistant back pain conditions, surgery is usually a proposed option once more conservative modalities fail.Most back pain conditions are blamed on an injury or degeneration of a specific spinal structure. Intervertebral discs, vertebrae and spinal nerve roots are all commonly perceived to be troublesome and problematic structures in many patients. Although physical pain involving these structures is very possible, that pain should resolve eventually. The body is designed to heal and almost every anatomical structure can rehabilitate or regenerate itself with time and care. Chronic back pain is the type of pain most often treated with an operation. This is the pain which lasts and lasts, becoming a long term life altering problem. Reasons Against Back Pain SurgeryBack surgery is a traditional medical approach to any pain condition. Pain syndromes which have been positively diagnosed, but have not responded well to conservative treatment are not likely to respond any better to surgery. This is the reason for the huge incidence of failed back surgery syndrome, either immediately after surgery or at some time in the patient’s future. The most logical reason why treatment has failed all along is a misdiagnosis of the actual cause of pain. If confronted by an enlightened patient, a doctor will have to make the difficult choice whether to admit to an inaccurate diagnosis or a possibly negligent, improper and ineffective treatment protocol. You can see why many doctors are now realizing that their medical education has not adequately prepared them to deal with learned patients who demand answers about why their pain is not any better. It is this same medical education which has failed both doctors and patients alike, by disregarding the interactions between the mind and the body when it comes to back pain. It is no surprise that litigation against doctors continues to rise and the cost of malpractice insurance is sky high... It seems like a LOSE/LOSE proposition for doctors and patients alike.Recommendation on Back Pain SurgeryA good surgeon will rarely, if ever, recommend surgery to a functional patient. If there is any way at all to cure pain through conservative means, those avenues should be exhausted prior to even considering an operation. Spinal surgeries can be very invasive and may cause long term health problems, limited mobility and loss of functionality for many post-operative patients. Surgery is never something to take lightly…If surgery is a good solution or the only solution for your condition, try to find the least invasive way to achieve the surgical correction. Minimally invasive procedures are always easier to recover from and often leave fewer lingering effects. Above all else, find a doctor who truly understands your condition and actually cares about you. A human deserves to be treated as such, not just a 10:00 appointment on a surgical table…
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