Back pain is universal, something that virtually everyone experiences in their lifetime. However, many people rest and change their routines, and the pain is gone. It’s different for those with chronic pain.
Sanjay Khurana, MD, specializes in the surgical treatment of chronic pain related to the spine, conditions that conservative care fails to resolve. Sometimes, spinal surgery becomes the last resort intervention, and when it does, you want the benefits of Dr. Khurana’s expertise with endoscopic surgery.
Why is this minimally invasive approach desirable? There’s not just a single reason. The entire concept of endoscopy builds around a low-impact, effective way to approach successful treatments in places where open surgery presents challenges.
So, today, we look at the many benefits of endoscopic surgery for chronic pain to see how it can apply to you.
The most common causes of back pain usually stem from muscle strain, traumatic injury, or anatomical problems with the spine; however, it’s also possible for pain to stem from rheumatic or systemic disorders. When the pain lasts longer than three months, with or without treatment, it’s usually considered chronic.
Due to the complexity of the spine and its support tissues, there are many individual reasons for back pain. Sometimes, causes are idiopathic, meaning that the reasons for chronic pain might not be known or poorly understood.
Complexity is also a reason why chronic back pain is hard to treat. Some patients have pain that lingers on, even after the physical reasons have healed.
Endoscopic surgery is any procedure that uses an endoscope, a medical device that takes photos or videos of the inside of your body. Its construction is that of a narrow tube that enters your body through a small incision.
The endoscope may permit special surgical instruments through its tube, or similar incisions can allow access to alter the tissue and address the problems behind chronic pain.
When conservative and non-invasive treatments fail to relieve your pain, Dr. Khurana relies on his experience and training to use endoscopic surgery to its best advantage whenever possible.
In the past, before we realized the technology necessary for endoscopy, surgeries were open, meaning that a surgeon made an incision large enough to pull aside skin and muscle to reveal the area for repair or treatment.
Large incisions introduced several complications and dangers and required long recovery periods for the healing of tissue that was not part of the injury or illness.
Consider these benefits of endoscopic surgery for your chronic back pain:
Together, all of this means that surgery for chronic pain is easier on your body when approached endoscopically.
When dealing with back pain or other spinal conditions, consider Sanjay Khurana, MD, one of the leading spine surgeons in Southern California. Call or click to book a consultation at our nearest office today.
