Back & Leg Pain Gone After Deuk Laser Disc Repair
Summary
A patient from Ohio had suffered from back pain and right-leg sciatica for years, with symptoms dramatically worsening after twisting in his boat — pain so severe he could barely walk or leave his house. After his wife discovered Deuk Spine Institute online and recognized it as one of the country's top spine centers, he chose to forgo temporary steroid injections and instead underwent the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® at L4-5 combined with the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® for facet pain. The day after surgery he reported zero pain, required no pain medication, and was already asking when he could return to his favorite hobby — fishing.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: I'm Dr. Ara Deukmedjian. Here at the Deuk Spine Institute, we have just did surgery on this young man over here who travels back and forth between Ohio and Florida. And he's had back and right leg pain, and sciatic pain for years.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And you had the Deuk laser disc repair done yesterday at L4-5, as well as the Deuk plasma rhizotomy for facet pain. How does your back feel today?
Patient: Awesome, no pain.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Are you on pain medications?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: No, yeah, you're not out of pain because we gave you pain medications; you're just out of pain. Right. How long did you have that back and leg pain for?
Patient: Oh, the back and leg pain was about the past month, but the sciatic nerve pain I've had for years on the right, same leg, right side.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: It's just gotten worse?
Patient: Yeah. Yeah, over the years. But I'm thinking the past month though, I was unloading coming back from Ohio, the truck, and apparently that set it off. But then I was in my boat two, three weeks ago now, and I just twisted to unhook a battery, and it just took me to the ground. And since then, I've not been able to do anything or get out of the house. I couldn't even walk. It'd just be from zero to 10 pain in my leg.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Do you still have that pain today?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Gone?
Patient: Gone.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: How do you feel about that?
Patient: Awesome.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: You're asking me when you can go back fishing.
Patient: Yeah.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Is that what you like doing?
Patient: That's my hobby, yep.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: That's your thing?
Patient: Big time.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: So, what brought you to Deuk Spine Institute? Why did you choose Deuk Spine Institute?
Patient: Well, my wife found you guys on the internet, and she said it's one of the top places in the country. I was going to do, what do they call them, the shots, the injections. I didn't really care for that doctor, to be honest. And I knew that was just going to be temporary too. I need relief now.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Are you happy with the Deuk laser disc repair results?
Patient: Absolutely. I mean, I've had a lot of surgeries in my life. I've been to a ton of doctors for different things, injuries, you know, over the years, bad ones. And this is the top-notch place I've been to. I loved the operating room. I mean, that was a good one.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Well, your surgery went very well. We got in with the laser, and we removed the pieces of herniation that were causing the problems for your pinched nerve. And we also were able to fix the facet joint, get rid of your back and your leg symptoms. What would you say to people out there considering, you know, living with back pain or sciatica?
Patient: There's nobody else I would recommend than here. And I've been to a lot of doctors, good ones and bad ones. Yeah. This is the best.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Time for you to go on vacation.
Patient: Yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: All right, sir. Thank you. Thanks for sharing.
The Better Way: Deuk Spine Institute
This patient received two minimally invasive procedures performed by Dr. Ara Deukmedjian at Deuk Spine Institute. The first was Deuk Laser Disc Repair (L4-5), an outpatient procedure that uses a precisely targeted laser to remove herniated disc material compressing a spinal nerve, relieving both leg and back pain without the need for open surgery or fusion. They also underwent a Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy, a targeted treatment that uses plasma energy to ablate the medial branch nerves responsible for facet joint pain, providing lasting relief from chronic back pain.
