Ohio Patient Eliminates Back Pain with Endoscopic Surgery
Summary
A patient from Ohio shares his experience just one day after undergoing minimally invasive laser spine surgery at Deuk Spine Institute. After a year of debilitating back and leg pain that limited everyday activities like golf, pickleball, and even grocery shopping, he explains how Dr. Ara Deukmedjian identified the true source of his pain—disc tears and joint-related inflammation—and treated it with endoscopic laser repair and a permanent plasma rhizotomy. Now completely pain-free, off all medications, and traveling home the same day as his post-op checkup, he reflects on finally learning that chronic back pain does have a real cure and getting his life back.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And good morning, I'm Dr. Ara Deukmedjian, CEO and founder of the Duke Spine Institute. I'm here with a patient who traveled here from Ohio.
Patient: Yes.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Got it right. You came here with back pain. Do you still have back pain?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Gone?
Patient: Gone.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And is it gone because you're on pills or drugs?
Patient: No, I'm not on anything.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: That's right. Yeah, we fixed it?
Patient: Yes, you did.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: We found the source of your pain in your back and leg because you had a tear in the back wall of a few discs. And we went in with the endoscope and laser and you could see the tear and we cleaned out the herniations out of the tear. We got rid of the inflammatory tissue. That takes the pain away every single time. We also fixed one of your facet joints. We got rid of the pain nerves to the joint. How do you feel today?
Patient: Very good. Yeah. No pain, no drugs. It's great.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Yeah?
Patient: Yeah.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: All right. Yeah. Are you happy you came to Duke Spine Institute?
Patient: Yes, I'm very happy.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Yes. What's life going to be like for you now that your pain is gone?
Patient: I get to get back to normal and back to being able to do the things I want to do. I've had this bad pain for a year. So it's limited my golf, it's stopped pickleball, it's stopped even regular activities like going to the store. You know, I'd have to stop in the grocery store and sit down in five minutes. So it was, it's been bad. Yeah. So this gets me back to normalcy.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: A lot of people just kind of put off treating their back pain because they are told by doctors, nurses, therapists, there's no cure. Do you believe that?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Not anymore?
Patient: You just did it.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Yeah. When do you guys head home?
Patient: Today. Four o'clock.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Four o'clock today. So you had surgery, checkup today, and you go home today, day after your surgery.
Patient: It's amazing.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Isn't that incredible?
Patient: Yeah, it is.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Anything you want to say to your family and friends out there?
Patient: If you have back pain, you need to call Dr. Deuk because this really works.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: All right. Congratulations.
Patient: Thank you.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Go enjoy life.
Patient: Thank you. Appreciate it.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: All right. Let's get out of here.
The Deuk Spine Difference
This patient received advanced laser assisted endoscopic spine surgery to treat disc herniations and facet joint pain. Using Deuk Laser Disc Repair®, Dr. Deukmedjian identified and repaired tears in the disc walls, removed herniated material, and eliminated inflammatory tissue causing chronic pain. The patient also underwent facet joint denervation, Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®, to address joint-related pain. This minimally invasive approach allowed the patient to return home just one day after surgery—pain-free and medication-free—ready to resume activities like golf and pickleball.
