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Suggest Treatment For Herniated Disc

Posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2014

Question: My wife just had back surgery to remove a disk that was impact ing spine . The disk was calcified and the surgeon could not remove do to surrounding scar tissue. He removed bone instead. I was wondering if there is a new procedure that might work. I have heard of vats procedure. Thanks XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (19 minutes later)

Brief Answer: You had heard correctly. Detailed Answer: Hello XXXXXXX Thanks for your query. You had heard correctly. Video Assisted Thoracoscopy Surgery (VATS) is a new way to perform thoracic surgery in which the doctor can see and treat the herniated disc using a small TV camera that is passed through chest cavity. This can be beneficial for removing disc in your wife case. I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query. Take care

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar