Myths about spine surgery !!
Its been now about 11 years in profession to treat back related problems. During the time I have been to various countries. There have been totally different experiences during my professional journey so far. It has been an experience to know and learn from a patient's psychology and perspective. One common thing that i find across the patient population suffering from back related problems. Most of us do not know much about back problem. Except a few words like "sciatica" "slip disc" etc. the biggest myth prevailing when a patient is offered a surgery for a back problem is "spine surgery can not be done". A patient who can not walk or stand or even sit easily without pain do not want to accept the option of spine surgery thinking that the only outcome of a spine surgery is paralysis or because spine surgery is never successful. let me try to give a surgeon's scientific views on this. Q:1 Is a spine surgery never successful ? Its a k