A micro-diskectomy is when they make a small incision, and use a microscope to see what's going on, and the surgeon cuts away part of the herniated disk that is pinching a nerve. I was only in the hospital one night for this procedure. (they also refer to minimally invasive spine surgery, and this is one example).

Have you talked to a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon yet? I had to do pain management first too, because insurance required it, but the surgeon I went to said that I should have had the surgery immediately after the herniation appeared, because I did sustain some permanent nerve damage, and had he operated right away, he didn't think that would have happened.

Good luck,

Kay