On The Cutting Edge

Today, we were able to observe a very innovative, minimally invasive spinal procedure to relieve back pain caused by herniated disc. The Percuntaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD) is performed routinely by only a handful of neurosurgeons in India, and not yet performed regularly in the US. A grasping device was designed and manufactured this week to be used in today’s case, something we would never see happen in the US. The procedure offers very short recovery time along with limited structural damage, as the high-skill procedure addresses the spinal disc issue through a 3mm incision! Crazy stuff, check it out.
-DM