Misunderstandings in the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation - minimally invasive treatment with a small needle knife

This is a popular science article, intended for health promotion rather than disease treatment. Please go to a regular hospital for treatment.

Patients often undergo acupotomy for lumbar disc herniation. Can acupotomy treat lumbar disc herniation?

First, let’s take a look at what lumbar disc herniation is. Symptom: It is caused by the rupture of the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc after degeneration of the lumbar intervertebral disc, and the nucleus pulposus tissue protrudes from the rupture, causing irritation or compression of the adjacent spinal nerve roots and resulting in a series of clinical syndromes. What we should pay attention to is that the site of occurrence is close to the nerve roots in the spinal canal.

The small needle knife penetrates the human body through a small blade to release soft tissue. It does not have any visible tools such as optical fibers. It can generally reach the subcutaneous layer, fascial layer, and muscle layer, and the deepest can reach The bone surface, but never into the spinal canal to relieve nerve compression. Because the nerves in the spinal canal are protected by hard bone, and the nerve root is a very fragile tissue, the blade can easily cut it and cause permanent irreversible damage.

So, the so-called small needle knife to treat lumbar disc herniation is just a joke in our industry.