Nerves are the carriers of information from the brain to all parts of
the body and vice versa. The nerves include motor nerve or efferent nerve
which carries the main information from the human brain to all parts of
our body.
The sensory nerves or the afferent nerves in turn bring back the information
sent by the body to the brain. The information travels like an electrochemical
signal along the nerves and in the case of a pinched nerve these signals
will get interrupted at some way in its path.
Pinched nerve is usually seen when the surrounding tissue gives so much
pressure upon the nerve due to cartilages, bones or muscles. This interrupts
the functioning of a nerve and causes weakness, pain etc.
Procedure
of Back Surgery for Pinched Nerve
The surgical treatment for Pinched Nerve mainly includes an open back
surgery which consists of hospital stays, long recuperation period and
high risks. It is mainly an outpatient surgery which helps to solve the
problems caused by pinched nerves and relieve the patient from painful
symptoms. Laser spine procedures are being performed in order to take
away the pain causing herniated disc which disturbs the nerves.
Using lasers, the disturbing disc materials are removed and the spinal
cord is freed out of pain. Thus the symptoms found due to a pinched nerve
can be removed.
When the surgery procedure is completed, the patient is kept under monitoring
for about 1 to 2 hours and allowed to go home. Post operative checkups
with the Doctor are mandatory for the patient in order to get complete
cure after the surgery.
Complications
after the Back Surgery for Pinched Nerve
Since Back Surgery for Pinched Nerve is an open back surgery, the patient
should be aware of the complications that can be found after the surgery.
The main complications seen after the surgery are listed below:
• Excess bleeding and infections are very commonly found soon after
the surgery.
• Allergic reactions can be found due to the anesthesia given during
the surgical procedures.
• Major complications can be found due to an incorrect performance
of surgery.
• Another problem found is the impact caused in the tissues on the
nerve root.
• Failure of fusion hardware or rejection of bone grafts is also
commonly found.
• Few people experience a kind of decompression in the affected nerves.
• The recovery period after the surgery is very long.
