Advantages of the laminectomy technique Laminectomy is a particularly gentle procedure, giving the patient the least possible physical trauma and mental stress. Local analgesia – the patient stays awake With local anesthesia, the procedure takes approximately one hour and the patient remains awake at all times, under analgesia with little or no pain felt. Compared with general anesthesia, patients can immediately inform the doctor if they have pain during the operation, which means that nerve damage is virtually non-existent. What’s more, local anesthesia does not have the risks and potential damage to the body of general anesthesia and is inexpensive. Patients feel comfortable during and after surgery, eliminating the fear of surgery. Advances in anesthesia technology, local analgesia for this surgery, the patient can fully tolerate. Especially for elderly patients and patients with cardiovascular disease, disc removal is also no longer a problem. Local anesthetic drugs are absorbed and broken down through the tissues rather than through the liver and kidneys. Surgical Impact The surgery removes only the portion of tissue that is herniated and causing clinical symptoms, while the surrounding tissue is completely undamaged, so the stability of the spine is not affected. Usually, you can get out of bed the same day after surgery. Minimal trauma The skin incision is only 7mm, avoiding the need for wide and deep tissue stripping and replacing it with a gradual catheter dilatation, leaving the muscles and connective tissues around the spine undamaged and making the surgery virtually “bloodless”. Scarring, wound and muscle pain are minimal, and the minor scarring is anterior, with no adhesions to the spinal canal or nerves posteriorly. The chance of infection is very low.