Singapore’s Secret for Low Cost Herniated Disc Surgery

Cost of Herniated Disc Surgery May Hurt More Than the Injury

In the United States, according to Dr. Thomas Russell, executive director of the American College of Surgeons, “No surgery is minor.”  He alludes to the fact that whenever someone is working on the inside of another person, there’s the potential for Murphy’s Law—if something can go wrong, it will—to intervene.  However, with soaring health care costs, even procedures as complicated and dangerous as herniated disc surgery (discectomy) or heart surgery seem even worse.  In addition to undergoing the knife, patients have to shell out big bucks to receive the treatment they need.  This added stress can be extremely unhealthy. 
 

Health Vacations to Singapore Relieving Pressure on Bank Accounts, Too

A person with a herniated disc may experience numbness in the legs, difficulty walking, or incontinence; but almost all herniated disc symptoms will include pain, too.  Sadly, some United States citizens are more afraid of the cost of herniated disc surgery than the procedure itself.  At least the surgery gives relief.  But what can Americans do to relieve the bulging envelopes stuffed with medical bills?   

Singapore is one of many countries capitalizing on the growing medical tourism boom, offering safety and affordability for these and a wide array of other procedures during health vacations making health care not only affordable, but enjoyable as well. A discectomy operation in Singapore can cost as low as $10,000.  If this pricing follows medical tourism and health vacation industry standards, the surgery would be between 40-60% of the cost of the same procedure in the United States…minus the vacation, of course. 

Fusion Surgery in Singapore Defusing Cost of Herniated Disc Surgery

Singapore offers fusion surgery to many US patients at a fraction of the domestic cost of the herniated disc surgery.  Singapore General Hospital is one of the country’s leading centers for nerve and spine procedures.  While the medical industry continues its research into less invasive forms of fusion and discectomy surgeries or treatments, some studies question the need for surgery at all.  Various sources claim medicine and rest is treatment enough, at least for the milder cases of herniated discs.  Validation of these claims may prove an even greater reduction in the cost of treatment for herniated discs without the surgery.