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Q. What is the standard surgery performed on a problematic herniated disc?

 

A. The standard operation is a microdiscectomy, performed as an outpatient procedure in most cases. This has a very good success rate, but between 5 percent and 10 percent of disc herniations can recur since there is additional disc material that can come out of the disc space.