Clinical case

Clinical case: right L4L5 and L5S1 hernia

In this clinical case, the patient suffers from a herniated disc in the right L4L5 and L5S1. The ICAC team will carry out a endoscopic surgery with minimal incisions in the skin.

Preoperative

This is a young patient, 20 years old, who came to our center with a herniated disc between the L4L5 vertebrae and another herniated disc between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the sacrum.

He has pain in his legs, which has been making him unable to walk and sit.

Operation

Using minimally invasive techniques, advanced spinal endoscopy can identify these hernias.

With small incisions in the patient's skin of about 2-3 millimeters, the remove material from herniated disc.

Postoperative

The results offered by minimally invasive techniques have been almost immediate, so that postoperative pain is reduced, leading to discharge from the hospital the same day as surgery.