Most of the lumbar spine minimally invasive surgery does not necessarily have to lie down for a month, in some cases can be early postoperative activities on the ground.
Minimally invasive lumbar spine surgeries mainly utilize lumbo-scopic techniques and intraoperative fluoroscopic techniques to treat diseased vertebral bodies, intervertebral discs and other tissues, such as intervertebral disc or foraminoscopic discectomy for intervertebral disc herniation, percutaneous perforation vertebral cementoplasty for lumbar spine osteoporosis with pathologic fracture and percutaneous perforation endoprosthetic fixation for vertebral body fracture, and so on.
For the above minimally invasive treatment modalities, postoperative recovery is earlier due to less injury, but bed rest is required for 1~3 weeks after surgery because the surgical tissue site is in the active functional area. For those with less severe lesions, they can go down to the ground early after the surgery, but need to combine with the physician’s opinion.
Please consult your surgeon for the duration of bed rest after minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery.