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Dr. Gonzalez-Arias - Physical Limitations after Operation
Watch Baptist Hospital neurosurgeon Sergio Gonzalez-Arias, M.D., perform a minimally invasive lumbar discectomy. The procedure, to correct a herniated disc in the lower back, involves delicate instrumentation that allows the surgeon to operate through a small incision, spreading muscles rather than cutting them.
Compared to open surgical procedures, minimally invasive spine surgery has many advantages, including less blood loss, less pain, smaller incisions and a faster recovery. Most patients can go home the day of surgery.
