Press - Disc Surgery, Back Pain & Neck Pain

Severe back pain clouds your mind after a while. After a long ordeal, many people therefore resort to the last resort - an operation on the intervertebral disc. "But eight out of ten operations are superfluous," warns the renowned spinal surgeon Dr. Michael Schubert from Munich. In his opinion, in many cases herniated discs can be treated without surgery.

His surgical method is so unique that the most renowned surgeons in the world now want to learn from him: Over the next two weeks, spinal surgeon Dr. Michael Schubert (45) from the Apex Spine Center Munich performed his endoscopic disc surgery live during a workshop in Miami, Chongquing and Chengdu (China). Orthopedists and neurosurgeons from the USA and around the world watch him.

Surgical interventions behind closed doors were yesterday: Michael Schubert demonstrates an endoscopic disc surgery (TESSYS technology) in Starnberg, which is broadcast live on the screen.

A lot of people in Germany suffer from back pain. Most of the time, the symptoms go away after a while. In some cases, however, they radiate down the leg and cause severe pain. Then it's probably a herniated disc.

A striking increase in the number of flight attendants among the back patients at the Apex Spine Center reveals a previously unknown occupational risk for flying staff: a herniated disc. The main cause could be a reduced oxygen supply in the cabin in combination with the lateral turning movements when serving and handling luggage. A healthy intervertebral disc is relieved again and again and thus well supplied with nutrients. Standing for a long time, disturbed body biology due to shift work, as well as bending and lifting turn out to be poison for the intervertebral disc.