How to Get Care. You can ask for a referral from your primary care doctor, your mental health care provider, or your health plan. In some plans, you may be able to make an appointment directly with a mental health care provider.
Patients with bigger defects or who have failed other types of surgery may be eligible for allograft transplants of donor bone and cartilage (Figure 3). In this method, cartilage defects are treated with tissue that is donated for transplantation, much like a liver or heart transplant.
Diskectomy is the most common surgery used for herniated disk in the lumbar region. In this procedure, the portion of the disk that is causing the pressure on your nerve root is removed. In some cases, the entire disk is removed. The surgeon will access the disk through an incision in your back (or neck).