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Failed Back Surgery Treatments

Failed back surgery treatments are measures prescribed by your doctor to help ease the pain and other side effects that occur after traditional open back surgery has failed.

The failure of back surgery can be a huge disappointment. If you have undergone traditional back surgery, you expect to find relief from pain, to regain mobility and flexibility, and to return to a normal lifestyle. Occasionally, however, conventional back surgery does not alleviate pain and other symptoms, and at this point, your doctor will try to address your continued problems.

Treatments your physician might try to alleviate the symptoms of failed back surgery, include, but are not limited to:

• Physical therapy
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
• Non-steroidal, over-the-counter, anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen
• Epidural steroidal injections
• Exercise and stretching
• Hot and cold compresses

If none of these treatments are effective for you and you are still suffering after traditional back surgery, you are probably suffering from Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, a general term used to describe symptoms of any failed back surgery.

Symptoms of failed back surgery can include:

• Chronic pain or persistent and dull aches the back or leg(s)
• Development of new pain and aches
• Pain or tingling that radiates from the back to the legs and toes or shoulders, arms, and hands
• Hyper-mobility or instability in joints
• Degeneration and weakening of spinal muscles
• Pain resulting from post-operative scar tissue formation
• Depression, anxiety, sleeplessness
• Numbness in the back or leg(s)

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If conventional treatments for failed back surgery have not worked for you, contact Laser Spine Institute. We can review your case to see if our minimally invasive endoscopic procedures are a possible solution to your continued pain. Contact LSI now for answers to your questions and a free review of your MRI or CT scan.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.