A disc protrusion Intervertebral disc bulging is the bulging of the intervertebral disc in the lumbar, thoracic or cervical spine.
A disc protrusion is one of the possible consequences of what we call degenerative disc disease or discopathy (disc disease).
Disc degeneration (and its associated spinal diseases such as disc herniation and protrusion) is the subject in which the doctors at the Pinheiro Franco Clinic are most specialized. The first and most complete book on disc degeneration ever published in Brazil was authored by Dr. Pinheiro Franco. The subject is complex and the answer to his questions is based on a thorough analysis of several variables in order to be able to prescribe the appropriate treatment among the many existing possibilities.
Dr. Pinheiro Franco and leading international experts recently launched the largest book ever published on this subject and modern treatments. The English-language book “Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease” was produced together with the famous German medical publishing house SPRINGER. The great novelties and discoveries for the treatment of intervertebral disc protrusion are in this book by Dr. Pinheiro Franco. Read NOW on your spinal MRI report if there is the word protrusion or disc bulging. If there is, you can understand that you are on the website of one of the greatest neurosurgeons on the subject, author of books in Europe and the United States of America about your pain. Book your appointment now.
A disc protrusion is the result of a natural process of the ageing spine and is not directly related to symptoms. In other words, having a disc protrusion doesn't necessarily mean that you have back pain.
There are people with disc protrusion, discopathy and disc degeneration with pain and there are people with these same findings without pain. There are various mechanisms involved in the genesis of pain, including, of course, inflammatory processes.
A disc protrusion can be more lateral, compressing a nerve, causing radiculopathy, or it can be more central, a broad-based disc protrusion, causing a spinal canal stenosis.
When it causes symptoms of low back pain or pain in the sciatica, Disc protrusion can be treated in a variety of ways, from medications to physiotherapy, column infiltration, up to , in selected cases, spinal surgery. The scientifically recognized “gold standard” technique used when there is a need to treat a severe symptomatic disc protrusion is the microdiscectomy, In other words, the use of a surgical microscope to treat the diseased disc. There are other treatments, each with advantages and disadvantages. Look for the best information available in science and come and find out our opinion on your case.
What should I do when my back pain doesn't go away? Who do I go to when my back pain won't go away?
Faced with a huge number of techniques, when a patient has a problem, such as a herniated disc, they are totally confused by the huge range of treatments they hear about and find, also by reading on Google. The aim of the doctors at the Pinheiro Franco Clinic is to give you the chance to choose the best treatment for your particular case. To this end, the Director of the Pinheiro Franco Clinic, Dr. João Luiz Pinheiro Franco, works hard to control the quality of what is published in Spine Science and Neurosurgery.
BUT how does he do it? He is the only Brazilian member of the Editorial Board of 4 respected international scientific journals: North American Spine Journal SPINE, European newspaper column European Spine Journal, North American newspaper Clinical Spine Surgery and the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Neurosurgery: journal World Neurosurgery.
Dr. Pinheiro Franco must analyze what is good science and what is not good science. This enormous experience helps him and his team to analyze the pros and cons of each technique and propose what is best for your particular case.
In short, come and meet us, show us your case, bring your tests and we'll find the best treatment for you.
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