Summary
A patient who had spent two and a half years researching her neck condition — visiting multiple providers who failed to accurately read her MRI or offer a permanent solution — finally found lasting relief at Deuk Spine Institute with the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® for the cervical spine. Dr. Deukmedjian was the first physician to correctly identify everything causing her pain, and he was transparent about all available treatment options — including those he didn’t offer — before recommending his as the only permanent solution. After years of taking maximum daily doses of NSAIDs, constant icing, and living with pain that some days felt like too much to bear, she woke up from anesthesia pain-free and spent her first 30 minutes in recovery in tears of relief. The day after her procedure she described her quality of life as completely transformed.
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Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): Hi. How are you feeling today?
Patient: Much better than yesterday.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): Yeah. So you just had the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® yesterday on your neck. Feeling great today?
Patient: Yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): The pain before you had surgery — is that gone?
Patient: Yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): You don’t still have it at all?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): When did you notice that the pain was gone?
Patient: As soon as they woke me up from anesthesia. I just sat there for like that 30 minutes crying.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): Why did you choose Deuk Spine Institute?
Patient: I’m the type of person that does my research. He just seems to be a world leader right now in his field, and I’ve been coming here for two and a half years. He was the first person to actually be able to do my MRI and accurately tell me what’s wrong with my neck. I’ve had it done by several other people. Some of the things Dr. Deuk told me they couldn’t even see or understand. Not everybody knows. He was also very honest. When I asked him when I first met him. Like two and a half years ago; what treatments would work best for me, he told me about all of them, even the ones he doesn’t offer. But he did let me know that some of them were temporary, and he promised that his was permanent. From there, I’ve been watching his YouTube videos. Like I said, I’ve been coming here for a while, and I trusted him because if you look in his office, there are so many testimonials that really solidified me on going with him. So I’m very happy that I did.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): And what is life going to be like now that your pain is gone?
Patient: I’m going to be able to travel, not complain to my husband all the time. No more icing. Every day I take the maximum NSAIDs — every single day — and I don’t have to do that anymore.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): That hurts your stomach a lot.
Patient: It does.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): Is there anything you want to say to your friends and your family?
Patient: Thank you for standing by me. It was hard being in pain every single day. The quality of life is going to be so much better now.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): Is there anything you want to say to Dr. Deuk?
Patient: Thank you. Thank you so much for saving my life — because there were some days where my neck made me feel like it was just going to be too much to bear for too long. So very thankful.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): You’re going to have a great life ahead of you.
Patient: Oh yeah. Thank you.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): I’m so excited for you.
Patient: Thank you.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian (Assistant): All right. Well, you’re welcome. Want to say goodbye to your pain?
Patient: Yes.
Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®
This patient underwent the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® for the cervical spine at Deuk Spine Institute. A minimally invasive outpatient procedure that permanently destroys the pain nerves responsible for chronic neck joint pain. Unlike steroid injections, nerve blocks, and other temporary treatments offered elsewhere, the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®(DPR) is designed to provide permanent relief by targeting the specific nerves transmitting pain signals from the affected cervical joints. After two and a half years of failed diagnoses at other facilities, Dr. Deukmedjian accurately identified the source of her neck pain through a thorough MRI review and recommended the appropriate permanent treatment. Eliminating her need for daily maximum-dose NSAIDs and restoring her quality of life from the moment she woke from anesthesia.