Almost 80% of the population has at least one episode of low back pain. Nowadays, there is a growing concern that low back pain treatment, especially those chronic cases, is an open surgery leaving large scar, heavy bleeding, and weeks of recovery.
In fact, management of low back pain does not necessarily have to be a surgery. Some of the options are anti-inflammatory and pain killer medication or physiotherapy, also physical treatment such as muscle manipulation and massage. For milder cases, patients can do exercises like swimming, yoga and pilates, wearing a right corset, or living a healthy life.
Therefore, to discuss the considerable inconvenience of low back pain and sharing the knowledge of management of low back pain, RS Puri Indah held a media gathering and breakfasting on last 11 August titled “Minimally Invasive Non-Surgery Treatment for Low Back Pain”.
“There is a lot of misperception about the management of this disorder. People usually do not take this disorder seriously. So we hope that with this event, RS Puri Indah can enlighten everyone about the danger of low back pain, with our specialist of orthopaedics, Dr. Muki Partono,” said Kharina Wijaya, Corporate Communication & Public Relations Officer of RS Pondok Indah Group.
Up till now, RS Puri Indah has successfully managed various cases of low back pain. The options offered are non-surgery method of injections such as Selective Nerve Root Block, Epidural Steroid Injection and minimally invasive MED with ENDOSPINE system.
”MED is a surgical procedure for disorders of vertebral nerve compression equipped with a camera, with a minimal incision of 1 – 1,5 cm. One of the MED methods is ENDOSPINE system which introduces smaller incision, minimal surgical bleeding, one day admission and not requiring any support,” said Dr. Muki.
Dr. Yanwar Hadiyanto, CEO of RS Pondok Indah Group added,” RS Puri Indah always strives for the best possible solution for any disorder. As a hospital committed to the development of minimally invasive surgery, RS Puri Indah offered this to enable patients to recover quickly and return to their activities as soon as possible, one of the options is Microendoscopic Dissectomy (MED) with ENDOSPINE system for low back pain management.”