Program Details
Information about medical programs provided by each healthcare institution, including treatment details, schedules, and costs.
- Kinki / Shiga
- 整形外科
Microendoscopic discectomy：MED method Microendoscopic laminectory :MEL method
The MED method is an endoscopic discectomy, a surgery to remove a herniated lumbar disc using a 17 mm diameter trocar and an endoscope.
On the other hand, the MEL method is an endoscopic vertebroplasty (resection), or surgery to remove nerve compression caused by tissue other than the hernia, and is performed for lumbar spinal canal stenosis.
It is performed not only on the lumbar spine, but also on the cervical and thoracic spine. In both cases, nerve compression is removed using an endoscopic instrument specially designed for MED.
The wound that cuts the skin is 17 mm, but this surgery causes less damage to the surrounding muscles than the smallness of the wound.
Since the camera resides inside the body, it is possible to peer into areas that cannot be seen from above.
During the surgery, images from the camera are projected on a 4K-resolution monitor, allowing for a good field of view.
Surgery is performed under general anesthesia and takes approximately one hour, allowing the patient to return home in two days and one night.
- Providing Medical Institution
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OHMI Sebone Clinic
〒523-0892
233-2 Demachi, Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture- Specialty
- ●Lumbar disc herniation
●Lumbar spinal canal stenosis
●Lumbar vertebral canal stenosis
●Lumbar spoindylolisthesis・spondylolysis・spondylolytic spondylolisthesis
●Compression fracture
●Cervical myelopathy ・Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
●Cervical radiculopathy
●Ossification of yellow ligament of thoracic spine
- Eligibility Criteria/Exclusions for Treatment
- = Target diseases and medical conditions ●Lumbar disc herniation ●Lumbar spinal canal stenosis ●Lumbar vertebral canal stenosis ●Lumbar spoindylolisthesis・spondylolysis・spondylolytic spondylolisthesis ●Cervical myelopathy ・Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament ●Cervical radiculopathy ●Ossification of yellow ligament of thoracic spine