If you are experiencing lower back or leg pain caused by a ruptured disc that is pressing on a nerve root, you may be a candidate for a lumbar discectomy performed by Dr Britt Borden MD. If you wish to avoid some of the more invasive types of surgeries to remove disc fragments that give you discomfort, the lumbar discectomy may be the best type of surgery for you.

What to Expect From Dr Britt Borden MD

The patient is completely asleep during the surgery.  The patients is positioned on their stomach on a padded frame. The patient’s arms and legs are also carefully positioned and padded.  Once positioned, Dr Britt Borden and his staff will sterilely prep and drape the skin of your back.

How Britt Borden Performs the Surgery

When you undergo a lumbar discectomy from Britt Borden, you can rest assured you are in capable and experienced hands. The following steps are taken during the surgery by Dr Britt Borden MD to correct your spinal degenerative condition.

• The skin incision is made close to the midline of the spine
• Dr Borden incises the fascia with cautery
• The muscles are retracted laterally
• A self-positioning retractor holds your muscles in place
• An X-ray is taken to determine the correct level for surgery
• A Kerrison punch is used to remove the lamina
• A number four Penfield dissector is used to divide the ligamentum flavum
• Dr Britt Borden uses a Kerrison punch to remove the ligamentum flavum
• Britt Borden MD uses a nerve root retractor to retract the dura medially
• A pituitary rongeur is used by Dr Britt Borden to remove the disc herniation in the anterior epidural space
• Dr Borden then inspects the neural foramen and epidural space of the nerve root to be removed
• Dr Britt Borden MD removes any additional disc fragments
• A number 11 scalpel is used to incise the disc space
• A pituitary rongeur is used to remove any additional soft nucleus pulposus of the disc
• A gel foam powder and bipolar coagulation is used to stop any bleeding
• Anitbiotic irrigation is used in the incision
• Your fascia is sutured
• Your skin is closed
• Sterile dressings are applied to the incision

Doctor Britt Borden's credentials include: a general surgery internship at Northwestern University in Chicago, a Neurosurgery Residency at West Virginia University, and a Spine Surgery Fellowship with the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk.