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What's the Likelihood of a Disc Reherniating After Surgery?

Understanding the Likelihood of Disc Reherniation After Surgery

on April 24, 2023 | By The Barricaid Team

If you have undergone surgery to treat a herniated disc, you may be wondering about the likelihood of the disc reherniating. It is a valid concern, as the risk of reherniation can affect your recovery and long-term prognosis. This article ...

Methods for Treating Reherniation

on April 12, 2023 | By The Barricaid Team

Although it is rare for a spinal disc to reherniate, it can sometimes occur. If you are experiencing issues with a herniated spinal disc that has been treated already, there are some options to consider for a herniation that reoccurs ...

What Is Causing My Disc to Reherniate?

on January 9, 2023 | By The Barricaid Team

More often than not, a spinal disc heals on its own. Other times, a damaged spinal disc continues to herniate. If you are dealing with a spinal disc that keeps herniating, it can be helpful to learn more about why this may be the case and ...

How Easy Can You Reherniate a Disc After Having Microdiscectomy Surgery?

How Easily Can Another Herniation Happen Following Microdiscectomy?

on December 30, 2022 | By The Barricaid Team

Out of more than 200,000 lower back discectomies performed in the United States each year, only 10 percent result in recurrent disc herniation. This conclusion is based on follow-up visits over the months and years after the initial ...

What Does It Feel Like if You Have a Reherniated Disc?

on December 21, 2022 | By The Barricaid Team

Reherniation refers to a situation where the same spinal disc becomes a source of nerve irritation again after surgery. It should be noted that reherniation can occur several months after having a discectomy or even several years later in ...

What Could Happen if You Reherniate Your Disc Following Surgery?

What to Expect if You Reherniate after Having Surgery

on March 16, 2022 | By The Barricaid Team

Roughly 10 percent of patients, according to Spine Health , experience another herniation affecting the same location after having spinal disc surgery. The risk of reherniation increases if you’re a younger patient with healthier discs. If ...

Causes of Reherniation Following Microdiscectomy

Reasons for Reherniation Following Discectomy

on March 7, 2022 | By The Barricaid Team

If the same disc irritates a nearby nerve again after the initial surgery and recovery period, it's referred to as reherniation. Painful herniation following a discectomy, the back surgery procedure often performed to relieve nerve ...

What Happens if You Reherniate After Discectomy Surgery?

What to Expect if You Experience Reherniation Following a Discectomy

on February 18, 2022 | By The Barricaid Team

Nearly 85 percent of microdiscectomy patients report good or excellent results. In other words, you're more likely to benefit from this type of surgery if nonsurgical options aren't effective for you. However, there’s the potential to ...

Which Disc Has the Highest Rate of Herniation?

on January 26, 2022 | By The Barricaid Team

Since your lower back is the most mobile and exposed part of your spine, it's the area where discs are more likely to become herniated. The biomechanical forces at play in this flexible part of your spine are the main reason this is the ...

Frequency of Reherniations After Microdiscectomy Surgery

Is Disc Reherniation Following a Microdiscectomy Common?

on January 12, 2022 | By The Barricaid Team

A microdiscectomy is an approach to correcting disc-related issues that ranks with spinal fusion surgery as one of the most common spine procedures performed today. It's a minimally invasive way of removing the part of a disc in the lower ...

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