brand new to the forums, from london,
england, so hello all.
Right then, i've had mild lower back pain
now for some years (i'm now 35). A year
ago I was knocked off my motorcycle and
developed fairly severe (in my opinion)
sciatica. I was unable to walk properly
for about 2 months and am still in fairly
considerable pain and discomfort. The uk
health service are offering me open
surgery as the only solution, which as i'm
sure you'll all understand, i'm very keen
to avoid. I have been seeing osteopaths
now for some months. The pain is
generally stabilised (with the occasional
flare-up) but is not eradicated. I have
read articles about nucleoplasty and was
wondering if anyone on here has had it
done and if so- what was the outcome.
Also if anyone knows of any positive or
negative information about the process.
From what I can find out- there seem to be
no negatives.
Looking forward to your replies.
Martin black
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algosdoc
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 186
Nucleoplasty Posted: 06-07-04 09:48am
Unless you have mri demonstrated evidence
of a disc herniation (contained), the
nucleoplasty will not help you. It is
for disc herniations only.
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Martin black
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 2 Location: UK
Posted: 06-07-04 09:56am
Hi,
thanks for your post. I've had an mri
back in november last year which did
reveal a herniation (tho I can't remember
which disk it was). Have you had
nucleoplasty, and if so was it successful?
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algosdoc
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 186
Nucleoplasty Posted: 06-07-04 15:30pm
I am a physician who performs nucleoplasty
and was one of the first in the country to
do so. The results for contained disc
herniations are approx 65% resolve leg
pain and 50% low back pain.
