Summary
A patient from Louisiana had been receiving epidural injections and nerve burns from her pain doctor for thoracic spine pain, none of which provided lasting relief. When her doctor told her the only option left was a spinal stimulator, she completed the week-long trial but remained unconvinced it would truly help. While researching the Medtronic spinal stimulator device, she noticed a link to Deuk Spine Institute on the manufacturer’s website, clicked it, discovered Dr. Deukmedjian, overnighted her MRI for review, and connected with him via virtual consultation. During which he showed her exactly what was causing her pain and told her he could fix it. No other provider had been willing to treat her thoracic spine. The morning after her Deuk Laser Disc Repair® she woke up feeling great. With no pain and a husband equally relieved by her answer.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Hi. How are you feeling today?
Patient: I feel pretty good. Feel real good compared to what I did before.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: You had the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® in your thoracic spine. And you’re feeling great?
Patient: I feel good.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Is the pain that you had prior to surgery still there?
Patient: Oh, I really can’t tell, but I don’t think it is. I mean, I felt — last night I didn’t feel anything bad. It’s great. It’s so much better.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: It has to be so much better. When did you notice?
Patient: When I woke up this morning, I guess. First thing my husband says is, “How do you feel?” I went, “Great.”
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: So why did you choose Deuk Spine Institute?
Patient: I was — see, I’m from Louisiana. Nobody in the area. I mean, I don’t think there’s anybody in the United States really that does this. My pain doctor — they’ve been giving me epidurals and he did some nerve burns, but nothing worked. He said the only thing left to do is the spinal stimulator. So I did the trial for a week, but I really wasn’t convinced it was going to help me. So I got nervous. But anyway, I went to the Medtronic website — which is the company that makes the device — and you all had a link on it to Deuk. Did you know that?
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: No, I did not know that from Medtronic. That’s pretty cool.
Patient: I don’t know — it was blue. So I just pressed it and went to Deuk, and I saw your website and I found you.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Fabulous. Yes. And then that means you did the MRI review?
Patient: Yes. I overnighted it to him. He zoomed with me — or FaceTime or whatever — he showed me the MRI and said, “This is your problem.” And then we went from there. I was convinced. What I told him when we talked about where it was — nobody wants to touch the thoracic. He said, “I can fix that.” And I went, “Okay, let’s do it.”
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Is there anything you want to say to your family and friends out there?
Patient: I recommend Dr. Deuk. Everybody has been so gracious and kind and sweet, and I just believe in him.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Well, I appreciate it so much.
Patient: Oh, you’re welcome.
The Deuk Laser Disc Repair® Difference
This patient underwent the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® for the thoracic spine at Deuk Spine Institute. A procedure pioneered exclusively by Dr. Deukmedjian and currently unavailable anywhere else in the United States. After epidural injections and nerve burns failed to provide relief and her pain doctor recommended a spinal stimulator as the only remaining option, she discovered Deuk Spine Institute through a link on the Medtronic device manufacturer’s website. Unlike a spinal stimulator. Which masks pain signals without treating the underlying cause the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® uses a minimally invasive laser endoscopic approach to permanently repair the herniated thoracic disc causing pain, with no hospitalization, no narcotic pain medication, and relief felt from the moment she woke up the morning after her outpatient procedure. Patients with thoracic spine pain who have been told no one can help them are encouraged to submit their MRI for a complimentary MRI review and virtual consultation with Dr. Deukmedjian. The only surgeon in the world that performs the Deuk Laser Disc Repair®.