Summary
A die-hard Idaho State fan from Boise had been suffering for three years with progressive leg symptoms. Starting as pins and needles and escalating to constant burning pain shooting down his left leg and foot. That had robbed him of sleep and quality of life. Having undergone a laminectomy in 1997 that required a year of recovery, he was determined to find something different. After discovering Deuk Spine Institute on YouTube and feeling he got to know Dr. Deukmedjian through his video Q&As, he traveled 3,000 miles from Boise to Florida. The day after his outpatient Deuk Laser Disc Repair®; which cleaned out two damaged discs and unpinched the nerve. His leg pain was 100% gone, he had slept soundly through the night for the first time in three years, and he described the contrast with his prior open surgery as night and day.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: I’m Dr. Deukmedjian at Deuk Spine Institute. I’m here with one of my patients who just had the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® for his lower back. You can see he’s a die-hard Boise Idaho State fan, right?
Patient: I am.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: So what brought you to Florida to get your back fixed? Why did you choose Deuk Spine Institute?
Patient: Well, I lived with this for the past three years. It started out as pins and needles and then it turned to burning, and it got to the point I was desperate. So I was reaching out to anything I could find. And I discovered Deuk Spine Institute via YouTube. I was thrilled to death because you can actually get to know Dr. Deuk via YouTube a little bit, because he answered questions on videos. And I said, “That’s the guy that I need.”
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And now you’re here just 24 hours later. You had your surgery outpatient at Deuk Spine. We used a laser to get in there and clean out a couple of your bad discs. We unpinched the nerve going down your leg. How does your leg feel today in terms of the pain you had shooting down it?
Patient: It’s gone. 100%. I had a good night’s sleep for the first time in three years.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Wow.
Patient: Yeah. In a hotel room actually, my daughter’s
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Your daughter. Okay, very good. So you stayed with your daughter.
Patient: Yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: The back pain. How’s that?
Patient: Actually, I never really had back pain. Mine was all referred pain down my left leg and foot.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Excellent. All right. Good. So here you are outpatient surgery. The next day, doing well, walking around. How are you feeling?
Patient: I’m feeling great. Now, I had open back surgery back in ’97. This is night and day different from open back surgery. It took me a year to recover from that, and here I feel like I’ve never even had anything done yesterday. I feel great.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Did you have a laminectomy… is that what that was?
Patient: Yes. Yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: All right, good. Well, anything you want to say to your fans out there?
Patient: Well, I’ve already said it to my oldest brother, but I’ll say it to my fans. If you’re having anything chronic, back-wise or leg-wise, this is the place. This is the place you need to check out and come to. Because I traveled it’s about 3,000 miles from Boise, Idaho to here and it was worth every cent of the travel. Because he does miracles, folks. He really does.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Thank you. I appreciate that. I’ve got a great team and they make me look good. So I appreciate your comments.
Patient: Yeah, you do have a great team. I’ll just say that on camera because I felt so good here. Thank you.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® at Deuk Spine Institute
This patient underwent the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® at Deuk Spine Institute for chronic nerve pain radiating down his left leg and foot. Caused by pinched nerves from damaged lumbar discs that had progressed from pins and needles to constant burning over three years. Using a laser and endoscope, Dr. Deukmedjian cleaned out both affected discs and relieved the nerve compression in a single outpatient procedure with no hospitalization and no narcotic pain medication required. Having previously undergone a laminectomy in 1997 that required a full year of recovery without resolving the underlying problem, this patient described the contrast with the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® as night and day. Walking normally the following morning and sleeping through the night pain-free for the first time in three years. Patients with chronic leg pain, sciatica, or nerve symptoms from disc herniations are encouraged to submit their MRI for a complimentary MRI review and virtual consultation with Dr. Deukmedjian at Deuk Spine Institute and can get to know Dr. Deukmedjian through hundreds of educational videos on the Deuk Spine YouTube channel before making their decision.