Summary
A patient from Colorado had been suffering from lower back and buttock pain that local providers had not fully diagnosed. Missing an underlying piriformis syndrome with a torn muscle and scar tissue causing significant buttock pain alongside his disc problem. Unwilling to undergo fusion surgery, he researched online and chose Deuk Spine Institute for the Deuk Laser Disc Repair®. During his proprietary Deuk Spine Exam, the piriformis syndrome was identified and both conditions were treated in a single visit. The day after his outpatient procedures, both the back pain and the buttock pain were completely gone and he and his wife were heading to Kennedy Space Center to enjoy the Florida day before their late flight home, with plans to return to pickleball and normal life ahead.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Good morning. I’m Dr. Deukmedjian and I have a patient who came from Colorado with lower back pain. Yesterday we did his Deuk Laser Disc Repair® our version of laser spine surgery to cure his lower back pain. Did we cure your back pain?
Patient: Yes, he did. It’s gone. It’s gone.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Why did you come to Deuk Spine Institute to get your back fixed? Why didn’t you stay in Colorado?
Patient: Well, I didn’t want to be cut on in a way like a fusion or anything like that. And the research I did online about you. It looked like the perfect fit.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Now, we found piriformis syndrome in your exam as well. So you had a torn muscle in the buttock with scar tissue that built up with inflammation that was causing horrible pain in your buttock. Did we help that?
Patient: Yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Awesome. Now, in Colorado did they know you had piriformis syndrome?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: They misdiagnosed you, basically, right? That was never mentioned. Which is one of the reasons people go and have invasive back surgery and then they come out of the surgery and they still have back pain. Because the surgeons misdiagnose the cause. See, there are 30 things that cause back pain, and if you want to cure a patient’s back pain, you have to find out which of those 30 that patient has. And that’s what Deuk Spine Institute does with our Deuk Spine Exam; it’s a proprietary examination that we do that helps us find all the pain sources so we can treat all of them at the same time. Then you get a cure. Now that you’re fixed, what are you going to do? How has life changed for you?
Patient: Well, hopefully I’ll be back playing pickleball and just leading a normal life without pain.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: What are you guys doing today?
Patient: Well, we’re going to go walk around the Kennedy Space Center. We have late flights going home. I was there in 1990 it’s been that long. And I used to work there at Kennedy Space Center as one of their surgeons. One of the flight surgeons for the astronauts for many years.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Anything else you want to say to your audience out there about your experience at Deuk Spine Institute?
Patient: I would just say that the experience has been excellent from the check-in. Everybody that works here has a great attitude and is very helpful and knowledgeable, and we just went through the process very fast.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Are you satisfied?
Patient: Very satisfied, sir.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Enjoy life.
Patient: I will.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: You’ve got your marching orders.
Patient: Okay. All right.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: We won’t see you anymore. All right.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® & Deuk Piriformis Release® at Deuk Spine Institute
This patient underwent the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and the Deuk Piriformis Release® at Deuk Spine Institute in a single visit. Treating two distinct sources of his back and buttock pain that Colorado providers had failed to fully diagnose. The piriformis syndrome involving a torn buttock muscle with scar tissue and inflammation. Had been completely overlooked, which Dr. Deukmedjian explains is one of the primary reasons patients continue to suffer after back surgery elsewhere: misdiagnosis of the pain source. Deuk Spine Institute’s proprietary Deuk Spine Exam systematically evaluates all 30 known causes of back pain to ensure every source is identified and treated simultaneously. Eliminating the cycle of incomplete surgeries and persistent post-operative pain. Both procedures were performed as outpatient treatments with no fusion, no hospitalization, and no narcotic pain medication, with complete relief achieved by the following morning. Patients who have had prior back surgery with ongoing pain. Or who suspect their diagnosis may be incomplete are encouraged to submit their MRI for a complimentary MRI review and virtual consultation with Dr. Deukmedjian at Deuk Spine Institute.