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Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, South San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Dr. Ehsan Saadat is a Board-certified, Harvard and Emory-trained orthopaedic spine surgeon. He is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His areas of interest include disk replacement and motion-preserving surgery, minimally-invasive microscopic decompression of the cervical and lumbar spine, minimally invasive spinal fusions (XLIF and ALIF), and complex revision spine surgery. Dr. Saadat is the co-director of spine surgery at the Precision Ambulatory Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, where he leads a team of surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses in delivering state-of-the-art spine care in the outpatient setting.
Residency: Harvard University
MD: University of California, San Francisco
BS: University of California, Berkeley
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Most patients who have sciatica symptoms get better on their own with some simple, conservative, non-operative measures. These usually start with a period of rest with some oral anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen, and a...
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If the sciatica is caused by a disc herniation, then a procedure called a microdiscectomy can effectively remove the herniated portion of the disc and get rid of the pressure that’s on the nerve and...
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One of the most common questions I’m asked every day is, when is it a reasonable time to decide about having surgery for sciatica? And when is it okay to wait to make that decision?...
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Sciatica typically presents with pain that goes down the leg, usually from the buttock into the back or the side of the thigh, into the calf and into the top or the bottom of the...
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Lumbar radiculopathy, which is otherwise known as sciatica, simply refers to irritations of the nerves in the lumbar spine, the lower lumbar spine, that produce pain that radiates down the leg, typically from the buttock...
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A lumbar microdiscectomy is a procedure that’s done for a disc herniation in the lumbar spine that is putting pressure on a nerve and causing sciatica or lumbar radiculopathy. It’s usually done through a small...
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Diagnosis of sciatica starts with a good clinical history and a good detailed physical examination. Sciatica usually presents with pain that goes down the leg, usually starting in the buttock into the back or the...
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Sciatica refers to pain that radiates down the path of the sciatic nerve. Sciatic nerve is one of the largest nerves in the body, and pain that travels down this path usually starts in the...
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Sciatica can be caused by anything that irritates the nerves in the lower lumbar spine that come together to form the sciatic nerve. The most common cause of sciatica is a disc herniation in the...
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Some alternative treatments for sciatica can include acupuncture or chiropractic care. Acupuncture is typically safe and in some cases, very effective. Chiropractic care can be effective, but it would be better if chiropractic care is...
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Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, South San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA
(310) 248 – 7330