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If you have questions about your spinal health, we are here to provide clear and comprehensive answers. Whether it’s understanding symptoms, exploring treatment options, or managing recovery, our team is committed to guiding you through your journey to better health.

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Listening is the key to healing. Our dedicated professionals take the time to understand your concerns and provide treatments that suit your lifestyle and preferences, ensuring you feel empowered throughout your recovery journey.

In between your vertebrae in your spine, you have intervertebral discs. They help cushion your movements. The disc has a gel-like inner substance called the nucleus pulposus and a tire-like outer band called the annulus fibrosus. The nucleus gel-like material can push out through the rupture in the outer ring annulus: that’s called a herniated disc or a slip disc or disc herniation.

To help deal with pain from a herniated disc, you can try:

  • Rest

  • Medication includes anti inflammatory drugs, a short course of steroids , durgs like gabapentin & pregabalin

  • Restricting your activities that increase the pain

  • Light exercise (walking, swimming, etc.) as recommended by your doctor

  • Physical therapy

  • selective nerve root blocks

Non-surgical treatment options for SLIP DISC :

  • Physiotherapy in consultation with your spine specialist or spine doctor is the recommended therapy with exercises to strengthen the muscles around your spine.

  • NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) in consultation with spine specialist that will help reduce the inflammation and pain.

  • Physical therapy – Back extension exercises and abdominal exercises

  • Epidural steroid injection in spine given by spine doctor or spine specialist decrease the inflammation of the nerve roots.

Treatment options are plenty and shall be planned only in consultation with the spine specialist doctor.

Yes. Spinal surgery for Spinal Stenosis is done with minimal invasive spine surgery technique using a microscope. Endoscopic Spine surgery for spinal stenosis and endoscopic spinal surgery for slip disc is extremely safe and predictable results are obtained.

Recovery after Microscopic spine surgery and endoscopic spine surgery for slip disc and spinal surgery for spinal stenosis is extremely safe and fast. Patients do not need bed rest after discharge or surgery and can return to work in a couple of days with instructions.

Spinal surgery for slip disc or surgery for disc bulge by spine specialist comprise of

  • Decompression: FREEING THE NERVE FROM EXTERNAL COMPRESSION IN SPINE

  • Rarely Stabilization: PREVENTION OF PAINFUL MOVEMENT BY SPINAL IMPLANT INSERTION AND PUTTING GRAFT FOR FUSION

Both surgeries are safe for spinal stenosis and slip disc. Minimal invasive spine surgery has benefits of small incisions, less pain, less blood loss, less infections, and early discharge and no bed rest after the surgery are needed.

  • Dr. B Leela Prasad is one of the best spine surgeon for Slip disc and is available in visakhapatnam on apointment

  • Dr. B Leela Prasad is one of the best spine doctor for sciatica and spine specialist with a considerate approach to patients with an honest opinion and ethical spine practice.

  • Dr. B Leela Prasad is one of the best microscopic surgeon / Best Minimal Invasive spine surgeon for slip disc surgery in Visakhapatnam.

  • Open or conventional spine surgery

  • Endoscopic spine surgery

  • Minimal Invasive spine.

  • Microscopic spine surgery

 

Surgery is done though a smaller incision without causing access related problems, yet achieving the same end results, with superior clinical results and higher safety

Minimal invasive spine surgery for slip disc is Extremely safe with benefits of small incision, less pain, less blood loss, better cosmesis, less infection rates, less hospital stay, early return to work and no long term back pain problems.

Yes, it’s a very simple and safe surgery for SLIP DISC or SCIATICA and the patient can be discharged on the same day of surgery

Yes, Spinal surgery for slip disc is 100% safe, Surgery is the permanent solution for some patients with severe leg pain.

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Dr. B. Leela Prasad is one of the country’s most renowned orthopedic doctors, with over 15 years of experience in the field. After earning his medical degree from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, he pursued post-graduation in Orthopedics at Guntur Medical College.

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