Spinal surgery involves techniques designed to mimic the normal healing process of broken bones. Your surgeon places bone or a bonelike material within the space between two spinal vertebrae during spinal fusion. Metal plates, screws, and rods may be used to hold the vertebrae together so that they can heal into one solid unit. Spinal fusion permanently connects two or more vertebrae in your spine to improve stability, correct a deformity or reduce pain.
Nowadays, the scope of spinal surgery in Iran is tremendous gratitude to the excellent medical facilities and most experienced spine surgeons in Iranian spine surgery hospitals. Spinal surgery becomes inevitable if the back pain starts affecting the patient's daily life or the medication and physiotherapy become ineffective. The treatment provided to different spine disorders depends on the backbone's status, the severity of the pain, level of disorder, and patient's overall health and age.
Various spinal surgical procedures are available in Iranian hospitals. The clinical care provided by the staff of Iranian hospitals and the medical infrastructure is impressive. Thus many abroad patients are getting attracted to Iran for their spinal treatment at low cost.
Determining spinal surgery's expense depends on the country and city in which you undergo it, the medical center, the surgeon, and the techniques used. Low price is one of the most important features of spinal surgery in Iran. Spinal procedures in Iran is more affordable than anywhere in the world.
Since the cost of living in Iran is very low, as well as the value of the national currency, medical treatments in Iran and cosmetic services are offered at a low cost. The cost of spinal surgery in Iran ranges from $8000 to $11000, while in the USA and Europe, it is $65,000to $78,000.
Spinal surgery time can be as little as 2 ½ hours, and as long as 6 or 7 hours, occasionally even longer. How long it takes depends on the number of vertebrae being fused, how badly the vertebrae are diseased, whether spinal nerves are pinched and need to be decompressed, and whether there is scarring from prior surgeries. Also, you may be in the hospital for 1 to 3 days and a longer period if you have spinal treatment. But doctors want you out of bed as soon as possible. Most people start physical therapy within 24 hours.
Recovery after diskectomy is usually quick. After a diskectomy or foraminotomy, you may still feel pain, numbness, or weakness along the path of the nerve that was under pressure. These symptoms should get better in a few weeks.
Recovery after spinal fusion surgery and laminectomy is longer. You will not be able to return to activities as quickly. It takes at least 3 to 4 months after surgery for bones to heal well, and healing may continue for at least a year.
If you had spinal fusion treatment, you would probably be off work for 4 to 6 weeks if you are young and healthy, and your job is not very strenuous. It may take 4 to 6 months for older people with more extensive surgery to get back to work. The length of recovery of the fusion surgery procedure also depends on how bad your condition was before spinal surgery.