Contingency Fee Percentages. The typical personal injury lawyer will charge a contingency fee to handle your case. Some state statutes limit the percentage that a lawyer can take as a contingency fee. Most contingency fees are between 33 and 40%, but you can always try to negotiate a reduced or alternative agreement. In the majority of cases, a personal injury lawyer will receive 33.33% (or one third) of any settlement.
Different types of back surgery include: 1  Diskectomy. 2  This involves removal of the herniated portion of a disk to relieve irritation and inflammation of a nerve.3  Diskectomy typically involves full or partial removal of the back portion of a vertebra (lamina) to access the ruptured disk.4  Laminectomy. Diskectomy typically involves full or partial removal of the back portion of a vertebra (lamina) to access the ruptured disk. 2  Laminectomy. 3  This procedure involves the removal of the bone overlying the spinal canal. 4  It enlarges the spinal canal and is performed to relieve nerve pressure caused by spinal stenosis.
Back injections may help treat two major back pain problems: radiculopathy and spinal stenosis. Doctors also use injections for other types of back pain. Sometimes, they also use them to help find out what's causing the pain. Radiculopathy refers to inflammation or damage to a nerve usually in the neck or the low back. The problem originates where the nerve exits the spine. With radiculopathy, sharp pain shoots from the lower back down into one or both legs or from the neck into the arm. A herniated disc can cause radiculopathy. With spinal stenosis, the lower spine becomes narrowed.