What were Tiger’s injuries?
Tiger reportedly believed it to be a bulging disc in his neck, but it was later confirmed as an inflamed facet joint.
It is possible that Woods had a herniated disc compressing his nerve and causing pain. A discectomy procedure removes the herniated disc material that is pressing on a nerve root or the spinal cord. A microdiscectomy uses a special microscope to view the disc and surrounding area.
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Tiger's First Back Surgery A microdiscectomy is intended to remove a “pressurized disc fragment”, a displaced fragment that is compressing and irritating a spinal nerve, aka a herniated or slipped disc. The intervertebral disc can be considered the “cushion” between the vertebrae or spinal bones.
Tiger Woods has undergone a fifth back surgery. He recently had a microdiscectomy to remove a pressurized disc fragment that gave him nerve pain during last month's PNC Championship, his TGR Foundation announced Tuesday.