Benefits of Cervical Deuk Laser Disc Repair®?
If you’re suffering from chronic back or neck pain, you know it can make your life very difficult. It can prevent you from doing the things you love, like playing games with your kids, gardening, or simply walking around the neighborhood.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is laser spine surgery that cures chronic back and neck pain in a way that is minimally invasive and will have you back on your feet walking, driving, and shopping just a day after surgery.
- Same-Day Discharge
- 99% Pain Relief
- 24-Hour Recovery
95%
Success Rate
2,750+
Patients Treated
15+
Years Performing DLDR
1 Hour
Recovery Time
What Is Deuk Laser Disc Repair®?
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is a form of endoscopic spine surgery performed in a state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center under sedation while the patient relaxes. This procedure does not compromise or weaken the health and integrity of the spine.
In over 15 years of performing this procedure and with over 2,750 patients treated, there has been a 95% success rate with no complications in any patient.
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Patient Experience
Over 2,750 patients have experienced lasting relief with Cervical Deuk Laser Disc Repair® — 95% success rate, no complications, and most are pain-free by the next morning.
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Diagnoses We Treat
Best Treatment for the Following Diagnoses
Cervical Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the preferred treatment for a wide range of cervical spine conditions all treated with the most minimally invasive technique available worldwide.
Disc Injuries
Bulging disc, disc bulge, herniated disc, disc herniation, slipped disc, ruptured disc, protruding disc, disc protrusion, extruded disc, annular tear, degenerated disc, degenerative disc disease, spondylosis.
Spinal Stenosis
Spinal stenosis, foraminal stenosis, foraminal narrowing all conditions involving abnormal narrowing of the spine’s natural channels causing pinched nerves and arm pain.
Cervical Radiculopathy & Pinched Nerves
Cervical radiculopathy, pinched nerves, and cervicogenic headaches nerve-related conditions originating from disc injuries or stenosis in the cervical spine.
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12 Key Benefits
Why Patients Choose Cervical Deuk Laser Disc Repair®
From permanent pain relief to bloodless outpatient surgery, Deuk Laser Disc Repair® offers advantages no other cervical spine procedure can match. Explore each benefit below.
- Most Effective Treatment for Neck Pain
- Permanent Relief
- Motion Preserving
- Repair Injured Discs
- Spinal Stenosis
- Eliminate Arm Pain
- Avoid Opioid Narcotic Painkillers
- Restore Spinal Stability
- Bloodless Spine Surgery
- Outpatient
- Immediate Recovery
Most Effective Treatment for Neck Pain
Chronic neck pain has a few causes of which disc injuries are the most common. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the most effective treatment in the world for the most common cause of chronic neck pain: painful, inflamed annular tears within an injured disc’s back wall. Chronic means neck pain lasting or recurring for more than 6 weeks.
It is known that 85% of all chronic neck pain comes from inflammation within the tears found in the back walls of injured spinal discs. The key role that inflammation plays in discogenic neck pain was discovered endoscopically by founding neurosurgeon Dr. Ara Deukmedjian MD in 2007 and remains the basis of the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® treatment. Painful annular tears are found within herniated, slipped, ruptured, bulging, protruding, extruded and degenerated discs in the spine. The Deuk Laser Disc Repair® procedure directly targets and debrides painful annular tears with laser energy and precision. Discogenic neck pain is eliminated completely and immediately with the treatment.
To see if you are a candidate for Deuk Laser Disc Repair® please complete our Free MRI Review.
Permanent Relief
Chronic neck pain has a few causes of which disc injuries are the most common. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the most effective treatment in the world for the most common cause of chronic neck pain: painful, inflamed annular tears within an injured disc’s back wall.
It is known that 85% of all chronic neck pain comes from inflammation within the tears found in the back walls of injured spinal discs. The key role that inflammation plays in discogenic neck pain was discovered endoscopically by founding neurosurgeon Dr. Ara Deukmedjian MD in 2007 and remains the basis of the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® treatment. Painful annular tears are found within herniated, slipped, ruptured, bulging, protruding, extruded and degenerated discs in the spine. The Deuk Laser Disc Repair® procedure directly targets and debrides painful annular tears with laser energy and precision. Discogenic neck pain is eliminated completely and immediately with the treatment.
To see if you are a candidate for Deuk Laser Disc Repair® please complete our Free MRI Review.
Motion Preserving
Chronic neck pain can be cured when the exact source of pain is identified and properly treated. Thirty distinct sources of chronic neck pain are now known. Most patients with chronic neck pain have more than one source. The actual source of a patient’s pain is referred to as the “pain generator”. The most common “pain generator” for chronic neck pain is injured discs in the cervical spine. Injured discs such as disc herniation, disc bulge, slipped disc, disc protrusion, disc extrusion, disc degeneration, and spondylosis account for 85% of all chronic neck pain. Disc injuries are by far the most common cause of neck pain. Damaged facet joints such as facet arthropathy and hypertrophy are the second most common cause of chronic neck pain accounting for 15% in total. Finally, less than 1% of chronic neck pain is due to less common pain generators including vertebral fracture, tumor and infection. Correct diagnosis of a patient’s specific pain generators requires a specialized physical exam and a recent cervical MRI scan. Occasionally, diagnostic nerve blocks are needed to aid in the diagnosis of facet joint pain. Although many people suffer with chronic neck pain, each patient is unique in how they experience pain.
Deuk Spine Institute is the first medical facility in the world to achieve 99% diagnostic accuracy identifying neck pain generators through its use of advanced medical imaging combined with a proprietary physical exam technique developed at Deuk Spine Institute called the Deuk Spine Exam®. The Deuk Spine Exam® uses novel neck pain mapping technology to identify neck pain generators with real time diagnostic accuracy over 99%. Unfortunately, most doctors worldwide still believe neck pain to be “nonspecific” having no identifiable source, thus leaving patients with no hope for a successful treatment recommendation. Subsequently, many neck pain treatments are done without an accurate diagnosis therefore the treatments are ineffective or short lived. Deuk Spine Institute’s lead researcher, Arias Deukmedjian and founder Dr. Ara Deukmedjian MD were the first to discover that most (85%) chronic neck pain originates from a microscopic tear in the posterior annulus fibrosus (wall) of the disc. While unable to heal on its own, the annular tear can be seen and repaired during endoscopic spine surgery. The endoscopic surgery has been peer reviewed and published as the Deuk Laser Disc Repair®.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the first fully FDA compliant spine surgery in the world to specifically target the most common cause of chronic neck pain, an inflamed posterior annular tear within an injured cervical spinal disc. The Deuk Laser Disc Repair® procedure uses precisely targeted laser energy to remove inflammatory tissue, degenerated herniated nucleus pulposus, scar tissue, calcium deposits and bone spurs from within the painful posterior annular tear. With one 30-minute laser treatment, the painful disc becomes permanently painless as natural healing of the disc begins. Pain relief is typically immediate and lasts a lifetime. To see if you are a candidate for Deuk Laser Disc Repair® please complete our Free MRI Review
Repair Injured Discs
All painful disc injuries begin with a traumatic tear of the annulus fibrosus ring around the disc. An annular tear occurs when traumatic forces exceed the disc’s elastic property limits, causing instantaneous structural failure of both the annulus fibrosus (tear) and adjacent nucleus pulposus (fragmentation). At the precise moment of structural failure, linear annular tears occur in the wall of the disc while the adjacent nucleus pulposus is crushed into multiple fragments.
Disc herniations occur when fragments of damaged nucleus pulposus push out through the annular tear during normal physical activities such as bending, lifting, twisting, sports, and work. Once a fragment enters the annular tear, the tear can no longer heal itself closed and inflammation begins. Those inflammatory chemicals not only cause severe pain but also weaken the wall further making it more susceptible to additional tears.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® was the first and currently is the only procedure in the world to selectively target and repair inflamed posterior annular tears. Using a minimally invasive, endoscopic technique through a 4 mm skin incision, the painful annular tear is located and treated using an FDA approved Holmium YAG laser. The surgeon precisely removes herniated disc, inflammatory tissue, bone spurs, calcium deposits and scar tissue. The now painless annular tear will begin healing naturally — taking 9-12 months to completely heal. At Deuk Spine Institute we say “save your discs”.
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Spinal Stenosis
Spinal stenosis is a common finding on MRI scans done for neck pain or pinched nerves. It is an abnormal narrowing of the natural channels or holes in the spine through which nerves run. If the narrowing is severe enough, a “pinched nerve” will occur, causing arm weakness, numbness, tingling or shooting pain down the arm (radiculitis). Importantly, spinal stenosis or pinched nerves do NOT cause neck pain — only arm pain. Neck pain usually comes from disc injuries.
There are 4 zones in the spine where stenosis can occur: central, lateral recess, neural foramen and extra-foraminal. Deuk Spine Institute independently discovered that 98% of problematic spinal stenosis occurs in the lateral recess and neuro-foramen — a fact most doctors are unaware of. Failure to diagnose and treat the actual source of a pinched nerve is the most common cause of “failed neck surgery syndrome”.
Spinal stenosis and its associated symptoms are completely curable with the safe and effective treatments available at Deuk Spine Institute. Since the most common cause of spinal stenosis is a bulging disc in the lateral recess or neuroforamen, Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the preferred treatment. After the procedure, arm symptoms such as pain, weakness, numbness and tingling usually go away permanently.
To see if you are a candidate please complete our Free MRI Review.
Eliminate Arm Pain
Arm pain is most commonly caused by a herniated or bulging disc within the lateral recess or neuroforamen of the cervical spine. Nerve root chemical irritation from inflammation within the posterior annular tear of a nearby injured disc is the primary cause in 90% of cases of arm pain. Occasionally, spinal stenosis narrowing exerting a mechanical “pinching” of the nerve root accounts for 5% of cases. Peripheral nerve entrapments are a third cause (less than 5%). Overall, disc injuries account for 95% of arm pain.
There is only one procedure in the world that directly treats both spine-related causes of arm pain: disc inflammation or compression of the nerve root. That procedure is the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® which goes directly to the source of pain located within the neuroforamen and lateral recess using minimally invasive trans-discal technology. A laser so precise it can safely target 1/10th of a millimeter is controlled endoscopically by the surgeon to remove only the part of the torn disc causing arm symptoms while leaving the rest of the disc alone. In 30 minutes, arm pain is gone for good with only a band-aid incision to show for it.
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Avoid Opioid Narcotic Painkillers
Spine surgery without post-operative opioid narcotic painkillers is possible with Deuk Laser Disc Repair®. Invasive spine surgery such as laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion and disc replacement always require dangerous post-operative opioid narcotic painkillers because these surgeries cause tremendous internal damage to your body. Most invasive spine surgery patients stay in the hospital overnight taking powerful opioid narcotic painkillers and continue taking them for months afterward.
The actual source of post-operative pain is dying muscles, bones and ligaments ripped off of your spine while you are under anesthesia. The invasive surgery destroys muscles along the front of the spine, causing them to “melt” away for months and eventually become hard scar tissue. Liquification of muscles, tendons, bone and ligaments happens in ALL invasive spine surgery — which is why all patients undergoing invasive spine surgery are at high risk of becoming dependent on painkillers.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is truly minimally invasive and causes no known internal damage. Patients have no surgical pain the day after surgery and no post-operative painkillers are needed. Most of our patients take one Tylenol the night after surgery and nothing else. Patients can return to work or driving a car the day after surgery.
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Restore Spinal Stability
Spinal instability was originally defined in 1978 by Dr. White MD and Dr. Panjabi PhD as the inability of the spine under normal physiological loads to prevent deformation causing neck pain or neurological compromise. Spinal disc injuries including herniated and bulging discs are the most common cause of spinal instability. Procedures that eliminate neck pain or nerve root symptoms by definition enhance spinal stability. Many procedures have the capacity to improve symptoms of spinal instability, but few provide lasting results. Some of the procedures are highly invasive causing more injury to the patient’s body than just the spine. Invasive spine surgery includes laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, disc replacement, interspinous devices and spinal cord stimulators. Invasive spine surgery always permanently damages soft tissues, bone and joints around the spine leading to long term instability and the need for additional spine surgery.The Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the only procedure capable of stabilizing the spine without causing collateral damage to spinal muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. A small ¼ inch incision is made in the skin and the rest of the surgery is performed endoscopically without internal damage or scar tissue. Pain relief is immediate and most patients experience neurological improvement within 24 hours. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is capable of restoring spinal stability. To see if you are a candidate for Deuk Laser Disc Repair® please complete our Free MRI Review
Bloodless Spine Surgery
Unlike invasive spine surgery, Deuk Laser Disc Repair® does not cut or tear soft tissues and blood vessels. The average blood loss for a Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is 1.5 milliliters or about 30 drops. The average blood loss for invasive spine surgery is 100 times more. While blood transfusions are uncommon in surgery, excessive blood loss is not uncommon with invasive spine surgery such as laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, disc replacement and spinal devices. Blood loss over 1,500 milliliters has been reported with invasive spine surgery leading to cardiovascular collapse and death. Peace of mind before surgery is important and no spine surgery affords greater safety and reliability than Deuk Laser Disc Repair®. Treat yourself to the best spine surgery available. To see if you are a candidate for Deuk Laser Disc Repair® please complete our Free MRI Review
Outpatient
Outpatient surgery is performed outside the hospital with the patient returning home the same day. Most spine surgery is invasive and high risk so surgeons must keep the patient in the hospital for days or weeks and on powerful painkillers to properly treat the after effects of surgery. Hospitals can be dangerous places, teeming with hostile bacteria. After all, sick patients with bad infections are admitted to the hospital for medical care. Why put yourself in that environment?
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and all Deuk Spine Institute’s minimally invasive procedures are performed in the safety of our state-of-the-art spine facilities, free of infection. Patients are always discharged home the same day as their procedure with minimal discomfort and a band aid size incision. Our patients can enjoy a walk on the beach or dinner in a fine restaurant nearby only hours after their surgery. Why would anyone choose a hospital stay when they can go home one hour after their spine surgery and enjoy their time in the way they chose best. To see if you are a candidate for Deuk Laser Disc Repair® please complete our Free MRI Review
To see if you are a candidate please complete our Free MRI Review.
Immediate Recovery
Most patients fully recover one hour after Deuk Laser Disc Repair® surgery. Some take a Tylenol or muscle relaxer the evening of surgery. 50% of our patients are completely pain free the evening of their surgery. By the morning after surgery, 90% of patients are pain free and off all pain medication. Only 10% of patients take a few weeks or longer to become pain free. Many patients chose to return to work the day after surgery while others take a week off. Driving, walking and other normal activities may be resumed the day after surgery. Lifting and bending restrictions are common but time limited. To see if you are a candidate for Deuk Laser Disc Repair® please complete our Free MRI Review
Find Out If You're a Candidate
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