An article by David Hurst on the Daily Mail website reports the story of how a lady that had suffered with back pain due to a split prolapsed disc for almost 15 years finally found relief with an operation which used crushed pieces of spine to support the spine when the damaged disc was removed.
Actually this was in 2012 but I only just found the article, which I thought readers might be interested in.
This lady had a discectomy at the age of 25 which, as is the way with much back surgery, was of limited help, and was in fact pretty much back where she started after 6 months. Taking up to 36 tablets a day at one stage.
Fortunately for her she was eventually referred to spinal surgeon Manoj Krishna, who diagnosed Post Discectomy Syndrome (where the part of the disc that was left after the original operation had disintegrated and become inflamed) and suggested completely removing the damaged disc along with two tiny joints alongside it, and replacing them with a small cage of carbon fibre, filled with crushed bone from the removed joints.
Manoj Krishna is one of several surgeons now using this procedure in the UK. And the results in this particular case were nothing short of miraculous with this patient now 100% better. Even to the point of wearing high heels, trampolining, ice-skating and snowmobiling. Plus, no more medication.
This is really quite inspiring and makes an interesting read. If you have disc problems this could be worth checking out. Read the article here.
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