In the spine center of SAEMYUNG HOSPITAL, a patient can undergo surgical or non-surgical treatment depending on the conditions of individual's spine. Various types of surgical and non-surgical treatments are designed for the individual's condition.
The main symptoms of the low back are as follows.

It is a jelly-like structure called a 'disc' which absorbs the shock of the joints between vertebral bodies.
If the pressure is applied due to wrong lifestyle or an accident, the disc would protrude to the other side. In this case, the pain would be caused by pressing the nerve root.

The vertebrae body maintains proper intervals and space, it plays a role to support the body or to absorb the external shocks. As it has been excessively used for a long time or it is being aged over time, the space between vertebrae bodies becomes narrow to press the nerve, which causes the pain. It is the spinal stenosis.

In some cases, physical therapy and medication do not relieve the pain but the surgical therapy is not required. In this type of patient, non-surgical therapy using special medication would be more effective than surgical therapy. A representative non-surgical treatment is epidural neuroplasty.

Epidural neuroplasty (treatment using injection)

• Patients who have mild spinal diseases or fear of surgery can be simply treated with non-surgical neuroplasty. Non-surgical treatment can be performed only by a professionally trained physician and can be performed only with a special imaging device.
  After local anesthesia is applied to the coccyx of the patient, a 1 mm special catheter is inserted to inject the drug into the corresponding site.

Advantages

• No incision is required.
  The patient can return to daily life immediately after the procedure.

It minimizes the pain and scars of the surgical site. As there are little damages in ligaments, bones and nerves around the surgical areas, there are almost no sequelae such as nerve adhesion, back pain and paresthesia. In addition, since blood transfusion is not required, a risk of infection or complication is greatly reduced. It is the latest spine surgical procedure that minimizes the risks of damage to nerves of the muscles and blood vessels which may be caused by conventional spinal surgery.

It is the surgery that removes the cause by inserting an endoscope and a surgical device through two small holes with 0.5 cm in the low back. As it is the latest spine surgical technique, advanced equipment is required. In our area, only SAEMYUNG HOSPITAL can perform this surgery. In addition, this surgery can be performed in old patients or patients suffering from chronic diseases. There are almost no damages, scars in the muscles of low back, or complications after the surgery is performed.

It is a procedure that inserts an artificial disc between the vertebra bodies to reduce pain and lets the cervical vertebra naturally move at the same time after the disc which compresses the nerves is removed.

It is a treatment that restores the stability of the damaged vertebrae while maintaining movements of normal vertebrae by using Diam which is an artificial prosthetics made of soft silicone materials.