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Your spine is made up of bones called vertebrae that are stacked on top of each other. In a diskectomy the surgeon removes all or part of the disk. Intervertebral Diskectomy Information The Mount Sinai Hospital Back Surgery Spine Surgery Surgery Lumbar fusion then a more concerted effort at conservative non surgical treatment is probably reasonable. Back disc surgery . A plasma laser device is then inserted into the needle and the tip is heated creating a field that vaporizes the tissue in the disk reducing its size and relieving pressure on the nerves. A lumbar disk replacement is a type of back or spine surgery. Surgery should take the pressure off the nerves that are bothered by your herniated disk. Sometimes a disk the cushion that separates your vertebrae can slip out of place press on a spinal nerve and cause back pain. To stabilize the spine screws are placed into the spinal bones above and then below the disc that is removed. Disc replacement is only advised if a m...