Lumbar Degeneration Surgery Uses Canwell’s Orthopedic Implants in Real Cases

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1. What is lumbar degeneration?
2. What are the most common types of lumbar spine degeneration?
3. How to judge that you have lumbar degeneration?
4. Case 1: 62-year-old female
5. Case 2: 70-year-old male
6. Case 3: back pain from 6 years ago

Many elderly people find out that they have lumbar spine degeneration during physical examination, and many people are very worried about whether there will be risks in how to treat them. So today we will learn what is lumbar degenerative and treat lumbar degeneration with Canwell’s orthopedic implants through real surgery cases.

What is lumbar degeneration?

Lumbar degenerative disease refers to a group of diseases in which the tissue structure of the lumbar spine degenerates naturally with age and time. Including the loss of water in the nucleus pulposus, resulting in loss of intervertebral disc height, intervertebral disc bulge, articular process degeneration, lumbar spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, etc. The main clinical manifestations are low back pain or low back pain.

What are the most common types of lumbar spine degeneration?

1. Root pain: the patient has pain in both lower limbs, paresthesia, and decreased muscle strength.
2. Nervous claudication: the patient has unilateral or bilateral leg pain, numbness, and decreased muscle strength and can walk farther when bending over.
3. Axial back pain caused by intervertebral disc disease: When the patient moves the waist, the pain is aggravated and relieved when resting.
4. Axial back pain caused by facet joint disease: The pain is aggravated when the patient does the waist extension.
5. Lumbar spondylolisthesis: The patient has unrelieved low back pain or leg pain.

How to judge that you have lumbar degeneration?

1. It mostly occurs in middle-aged women and elderly patients.
2. In the instability stage, patients may have acute, subacute, or chronic low back pain that radiates down to the buttocks and back of the thighs but not to the knees.
3. The patient cannot bend over. Whenever the patient turns to a certain extent, the waist feels broken, and the patient can only rest straight.
4. Some patients show weakness in the back and lower limbs and may suddenly fall when walking or going down the stairs, which may be destabilizing hyperactivity.
5. Lumbar pain is relieved when lying in bed, and the lumbar spine is stable.
6. What should I do if I suspect I have similar symptoms?
7. Go to a professional medical institution for further diagnosis, and do not blindly massage, stretch or hang horizontal bars and other actions.

Take conservative treatment. If conventional treatment fails, minimally invasive surgery with orthopedic implants can solve the pain.

Case 1: 62-year-old female

The patient was a 62-year-old female patient. The patient experienced waist soreness and pain 5 years ago.

Occasionally, the symptoms aggravated. The symptoms recurred. There was no rest pain or lower limb edema, and the symptoms aggravated after standing, walking, and exerting for a long time. The disease recurred, and the patient often went to the community hospital for conservative treatment such as acupuncture, cupping, and physical therapy. The condition can be relieved.

2 months ago, the above symptoms were aggravated, accompanied by numbness, soreness, and pain in the posterolateral thigh and calf of the right lower extremity. Accompanied by intermittent claudication, right lower extremity pain after walking 500 meters. After conservative treatment such as traction, massage, massage, and external plaster in the community hospital, the symptoms did not improve significantly: patient went to our hospital for a lumbar MRI examination, which indicated a prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disc, and surgery was recommended.

Give special treatment. Symptoms tend to aggravate, seriously affecting the daily life and sleep of the patient, and the patient cannot tolerate it. An outpatient was admitted for lumbar disc herniation and underwent surgery.

Case 2: 70-year-old male

A 70-year-old male patient with low back pain for 8 years, aggravated with left lower limb soreness for one week.

History of present illness: The patient developed waist and hip pain 8 years ago. The pain recurred and occasionally aggravated. The condition can be relieved by conservative treatments such as acupuncture and massage.

One week ago, the above symptoms were obviously aggravated, accompanied by left lower limb outer thigh, groin, soreness, pain, no local pale skin and pigmentation, no rest pain, no lower limb edema, symptoms aggravated after prolonged standing, walking, and fatigue. It can be relieved after lying down and resting, and the disease recurrences.

The patient often went to the community hospital for conservative treatment such as acupuncture, cupping, and physical therapy. Rest is needed, and the symptoms can be relieved after rest. After conventional treatment such as traction, massage, massage, and external application of plasters in the community hospital, the symptoms did not improve significantly; the lumbar MRI at Baoshan Central Hospital showed lumbar disc herniation, and surgical treatment was recommended. And family members did not accept it, did not give special treatment, and the symptoms showed aggravating development trend, seriously affecting the daily life and sleep of the patient, and the patient could not tolerate it.

The patient came to our hospital for treatment, and the outpatient service was admitted for lumbar disc herniation.

Case 3: back pain from 6 years ago

The patient developed low back pain 6 years ago, which was intermittent, and occasionally felt aggravated. Conservative treatments such as traction, bone therapy, and external application of plasters were given, and the symptoms were slightly relieved.

One year ago, the above symptoms were aggravated, accompanied by numbness, soreness, and pain in the right buttocks, lower extremity, posterolateral thigh, and outer calf. There was no local pale skin and pigmentation, rest pain, edema of both lower extremities, and prolonged standing. The symptoms aggravated after walking and exertion and could be relieved after lying down and resting.

Accompanied by intermittent claudication, they felt soreness and pain in the right lower extremity after walking 500 meters. The symptoms could be relieved after rest. Later, the patient went to the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University to check the lumbar MRI and found lumbar disc herniation.

Surgical treatment was suggested, but the patient and his family did not accept it. Without special treatment, the symptoms will aggravate and develop, seriously affecting the daily life and sleep of the patient, and the patient cannot tolerate it.

Today, the patient came to our hospital for treatment, and the outpatient was admitted to the hospital with lumbar disc herniation.