When you
start having back pain, your doctor will at first recommend several treatments
to ease the back without any surgical approach. Surgery for back pain is
preferred only when all the other non-surgical methods have been tried out and
resulted futile. You will be given a lot of options, but there will be no
guarantees that the surgery will actually be able to relief the pain. Thus, it
is always better to keep yourself as informed as possible. Learn as much as you
can about back surgery. It will help you come to a more informed and better
decision.
Benefits
The main
purpose of getting a back surgery is to get relief from the excruciating pain
and improve the other health conditions. But sometimes the surgery fails to do
so. Inspite of that, the probability of positive results is much more. This is
the reason why doctors recommend it, though after trying out the other
treatment methods before. The main benefits you should be expecting from the
back surgery are- you would be able to move around more easily, you will become
more physically fit, your mood will improve, you will require less pain
medications, you will be able to re-join work very soon and you will also be
more productive at work.
Risks
In majority
of the cases the patients have a successful surgery with no complications, but
with any operation certain risks are involved. It is always better to know
about the risks before you go into surgery. The main risk involved are-
reaction to the drugs or anaesthesia, infection, bleeding, heart attack, blood
clots, herniated disk, stroke, nerve damage, etc. People with some specific
health conditions have more risk of complications during the surgery. Sometimes
the type of surgery also increases the risk of complications. Discuss in
details about all the risks with your doctor before the surgery.
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