Disc disease is mainly caused by aging or incorrect posture. As the use of computers and smartphones increases, the incidence rate of young people also continues to increase every year. If there is pain in the early stages, you can start managing it with physical therapy or manual therapy. Also, you can treat the disc with a simple treatment without
surgery. We would like to tell you about the epidural neuroplasty, which is widely performed at Apgujeong
Thomas Hospital. Epidural neuroplasty is one of the disc treatment methods that treat pain without surgery by injecting medicaiton into the nerve area with disc or stenosis.
+ Treatment Method
After local anesthesia in the lesion area, a special catheter is inserted to remove
the inflammatory factor and medication is injected to prevent recurrence.
+ Advantages
Since it is performed under local anesthesia it is less burdensome and can be treated within a short time by directly checking the damaged area. There is almost no bleeding or scarring, recovery is quick, and it can be performed even in elderly patients with
diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure.