“Both doctors I visited quoted different prices for my herniated disc surgery”
“If herniated disc surgeries are performed with the same methods, why is there a price difference between surgeons?”
“ Why are the “incision” methods of surgeons different in herniated disc surgery? Which incision method is better?”
“ Why are the prices of the hospital where I will have surgery so different? Does the hospital I choose for my herniated disc surgery affect the success of my operation?
All patients who are going to have or are considering herniated disc surgery encounter these questions while searching for the surgeon who will perform the operation and during the process of researching surgery prices. First of all, it should be known that the surgical methods applied in the treatment of herniated disc vary from doctor to doctor. This difference is determined by the specialist’s knowledge, experience, research, and skill.
The Success Rate of Your Surgery Is Determined by the Surgeon’s Hand Skill
Surgeons use two methods in herniated disc surgeries. These are the endoscopic or microsurgical methods. In both of these methods, the surgeons performing the operation have different techniques. For example; one surgeon performs herniated disc surgery through a 1 cm opening, while another performs it through a 2 cm opening. However, in both methods, the surgeon enters the same area and the result does not change. This area is only 1 square centimeter in the spine. In other words, whether you have a 1 cm or a 5 cm incision on your lower back, the surgical method does not change. What matters here more than the surgical method is the medical experience shown by the surgeon performing the operation during those incisions. In short; there is no relationship between the length of the surgical site and the success of herniated disc surgery. The surgeon’s hand skill is the most important factor determining the fate of your operation.
Different Surgical Methods Do Not Affect Surgical Success on Their Own
Although devices such as the endoscope or surgical microscope used in herniated disc surgery are important for the operation, they cannot by themselves affect the success rate of the surgery. Because these devices are tools and they need experienced “hands” to use them. In herniated disc surgeries, hands that can use those tools well are needed as much as the method applied. In other words; even though every patient who undergoes herniated disc surgery with a microscope or endoscope supposedly has the same operation, when the success of the surgery is considered, they are operated on as much as the surgeon’s experience and skill allow.
It Is Important That the Surgery Be Performed in a Technologically Equipped Hospital and by a Specialist Team
It is very important that herniated disc surgery be performed in a technologically equipped hospital by a team consisting of an anesthesia specialist and a nurse, under the supervision of a surgeon experienced in spinal surgery. Because in teams that have shared the experience of thousands of surgeries together, tremendous harmony and accumulation of experience emerge. This naturally produces highly satisfying results in patients undergoing herniated disc surgeries.
Due to these factors we have listed, the price of herniated disc surgery varies in many hospitals. The cost of herniated disc treatment in Turkey is much more affordable compared to many countries in the world.
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