What Is The
Discseel® Procedure?
The Discseel® Procedure is a revolutionary, minimally-invasive procedure to treat chronic back pain resulting from damaged or torn spinal discs. An FDA-approved, 100% natural biologic called Fibrin is injected into the disc, which seals the tears and stimulates the body to begin healing. The Discseel® Procedure is a true alternative to a spinal fusion.
The Discseel® Procedure repairs damaged/torn spinal discs through the use of an FDA-approved biologic, fibrin. Fibrin, which is a 100% natural biologic, is used to repair and seal off tears in your compromised discs. Spine surgeries including spinal fusions and discectomies can’t repair tears in the disc. First approved by the FDA to assist in facial reconstruction, for splenic repair following blunt trauma, and to control cardiac bleeding, fibrin has proven to be an effective solution for tissue that cannot be sutured or ligatured together. This recognition led to the development of the Discseel® Procedure using the FDA-approved biologic, Fibrin in an off label manner to repair the tears in damaged or degenerated spinal discs. Using a product in an off-label manner is commonplace in the practice of medicine and frequent examples include prescription medications being used to treat conditions beyond their original intent.
Surgeons have attempted to suture damaged or torn discs in the spine without success. The disc tears prevent regenerative medicine therapies, such as stem cells and PRP to effectively repair the disc, as the biologic would seep out of the still-torn spinal disc. Over time, as your torn disc continues to leak, it can lose hydration and begin to degenerate. By using fibrin, the Discseel Procedure not only repairs the damaged and torn disc, it allows an individual’s body to replenish the lost cells with new cells, helping to restore the degenerated disc to a healthy state. Essentially, the goal of the Discseel® Procedure is to seal the tears and instigate healthy growth of new disc tissue to replace the damaged or lost tissue in an effort to stop the disc from leaking and inflaming the nerves.
The Discseel® Procedure Vs. Spinal Fusion
THE DISCSEEL® PROCEDURE
SPINAL FUSION
See How the Procedures Compare:
For over 100 years, physicians have been performing spinal fusions on their patients, only for a large portion of them to fail to resolve their symptoms. This life-altering procedure has led to some of the highest percentages of surgical failures and opioid dependence among surgical patients.
So the real question is: why are physicians not recommending a procedure that has greater success? It’s simple. An average spinal fusion patient is worth between $250,000 and $750,000 in insurance payouts over a patient’s lifetime. It was the high failure rate of fusions that led to the creation of the Discseel® Procedure. So how do the two procedures compare to each other? Here are some facts.
- In over 40% of patients that receive a spinal fusion, the fusion does not address the long-term source of their pain.
- At least 1/3 of all spinal fusion patients need a second or third fusion of their spine within 10 years
- The Discseel® Procedure has been successful in relieving back pain for 82% of patients, including those that had a previous failed spinal procedure, such as spinal fusion.
- The Discseel® Procedure is a minimally invasive outpatient injection procedure, whereas spinal fusion is a highly invasive surgical procedure that leaves scars, hardware and requires days of recovery in the hospital.
The Discseel® Procedure Success
(Statistics Compiled From All Licensed Discseel® Providers)
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Discseel® Procedures Performed
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Discseel® Success Rate
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Average Spinal Fusion Successes
Here’s What to Expect
