Summary
An active woman from out of state had suffered lower back pain for about five years, with numbness and weakness in her legs that forced her to sacrifice her quality of life. Physical therapy, injections, and other pain management gave only very short-term relief, and fusion with rods and screws was the only other option she was offered. She found Dr. Deukmedjian through a Google search for the best neurosurgeon and traveled to Florida with her husband for the Deuk Laser Disc Repair®. Dr. Deukmedjian removed herniations at L4-5, a disc that looked good on the MRI and that many doctors would have missed, through a 7mm incision. The next day her lower back pain was gone, with only mild leg weakness expected to improve with walking and exercise.
Transcript
Patient: I looked at a lot of different options, but I’m so glad that I came here. I don’t have any of that lower back pain. It’s amazing. It’s an amazing feeling. You can’t even explain how good it feels. It’s just a wonderful feeling.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Good morning. I’m Dr. Deukmedjian. I’m here with one of my lovely patients who has traveled to Florida for the Deuk Laser Disc Repair®. She suffered with back pain for about five years, and started to get pain down her legs, actually more numbness and weakness in her legs. She’s a very active person, and she found that this problem with her lower back was causing her to have to sacrifice her quality of life. She came down with her husband, who’s been very supportive, and you just had surgery done yesterday.
Patient: I did, yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And you had the Deuk Laser Disc Repair®. So how do you feel today?
Patient: I feel really good. I don’t have any of the lower back pain anymore. A little bit of the weakness in the legs, but that will go away with the walking and as I can increase my exercising. Otherwise I feel great.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Great. Why did you choose to do the Deuk Laser Disc Repair®?
Patient: I went through a lot of different pain management options: the physical therapy, injections, and nothing was working. I’ve done that for five years. Nothing seemed to help long-term. Very short-term solutions, if I can even call it that. They weren’t really solutions. I just did a search on Google, actually it was “best neurosurgeon,” and Dr. Deuk came up. I started researching the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and I knew that was what I wanted. The only other option that I had was a spinal fusion, and I did not want all the rods and screws in my back. I felt this was my best option, and I’m very glad I did it.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And you talked about all that pain management treatment. Unfortunately, there are millions and millions of people kind of stuck in pain management where they’re getting shots that really don’t give them any kind of cure to their pain. Your pain is gone?
Patient: It is.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Has it ever felt this gone before for you with any of those other treatments?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And you got a chance to watch your video where we made a small 7mm incision on your back and we used a small little tube to go into the disc. We didn’t do any damage to your spine like other procedures do, and we were able to remove those herniations. We were talking about the L4-5 disc and how it looks so good on the MRI. A lot of doctors wouldn’t even have noticed it and treated it, so we were able to treat it. We found a lot of herniated disc in there, we cleaned it all out, and here you are today doing fantastic.
Patient: I am. I feel great.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Good. I’m very happy for you. I think you’re going to do wonderfully. Is there anything else you want to tell your fans out there?
Patient: If you’re experiencing lower back pain, leg pain, anything, I suggest coming here. I did a lot of research, looked at a lot of different options, but I’m so glad that I came here. I don’t have any of that lower back pain. It’s amazing. It’s an amazing feeling. You can’t even explain how good it feels. It’s just a wonderful feeling.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: I’m so happy for you. And we talked about her coming back to Florida for her one-year anniversary. We’re going to go ride the Velocicoaster.
Patient: We are.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: She’s a roller coaster fanatic, like myself. All right, take care of yourself and safe travels.
Patient: Thank you so much. I so appreciate you.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Our pleasure.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® at Deuk Spine Institute
This patient underwent the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® at Deuk Spine Institute for herniated lumbar discs, including L4-5, that caused five years of back pain and leg numbness and weakness. Dr. Deukmedjian worked through a 7mm incision with a small tube, removing the herniations without damaging the spine, in place of the spinal fusion she had been offered. Her lower back pain was gone the next day. Patients stuck in pain management can submit their MRI for a complimentary MRI review and virtual consultation with Dr. Deukmedjian.