João Paulo Machado Bergamaschi^1,5*, André Frazão Rosa², Felipe Loss³, Paulo Humberto Remondi⁴, Fernanda Wirth⁵, Kelsen de Oliveira Teixeira¹, Fernando Flores de Araújo¹, Rangel Roberto de Assis¹ and Helton Luis Aparecido Defino⁶

¹Atualli Spine Care Clinic, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
²Spine Surgery Group, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, UNICAMP, Campinas/SP, Brazil
³Orthopedic Services of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Orthopedic Service of Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil
⁴Orthos Clinic - Orthopedics and Traumatology. Piracicaba/SP, Brazil
⁵Atualli Academy, São Paulo/SP, Brasil
⁶Department of Orthopedics and Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto – USP, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: João Paulo Machado Bergamaschi, Atualli Spine Care Clinic, São Paulo/SP, Brazil.

Received: July 31, 2023; Published: August 17, 2023

Abstract

Herniated discs are a common pathology in the general population and even more so in elite athletes. Although they have less low back pain and sciatica than the general population, they have more injuries due to overuse since adolescence and often undergo discectomy when conservative treatment fails. Multiple factors need to be examined in this particular patient population. This is due to several influencing factors such as a high percentage of muscle mass, a low percentage of fat, an early possibility of rehabilitation, the degree of postoperative pain, and the search for the shortest possible duration of surgery. With the open or microscopic technique, the average return time is about 5 months. With the advent of percutaneous techniques and their advancement, especially endoscopy, this average time has been reduced to 2.5 months in football players according to reports and case series. This indicates that endoscopy, in addition to its benefits in the general population, is more effective in athletes because of the special needs of these athletes. In this article, we report a series of cases of football players who underwent endoscopic discectomy and achieved good results and an early return to competition level.

 Keywords: Endoscopic Spine Surgery; Athletes; Disc Herniation; Discectomy; Sports

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Citation

Citation: João Paulo Machado Bergamaschi., et al. “Endoscopic Spinal Surgery in High Level Athletes: Report of 2 Cases”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 7.9 (2023): 140-147.

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