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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1992
Automated percutaneous diskectomy and manual percutaneous diskectomy (PCD) have gained recent popularity as alternatives to traditional surgical diskectomy or microdiskectomy. Initial reports of morbidity seem low. The rates of infection, and neurologic and vascular complications appear comparable or less than the morbidity associated with surgical ...
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Automated percutaneous diskectomy and manual percutaneous diskectomy (PCD) have gained recent popularity as alternatives to traditional surgical diskectomy or microdiskectomy. Initial reports of morbidity seem low. The rates of infection, and neurologic and vascular complications appear comparable or less than the morbidity associated with surgical ...
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Percutaneous Lumbar Diskectomy
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1993The development of an approach for percutaneous lumbar diskectomy (PLD) began over 20 years ago. Since then, clinical investigations of manual and automated PLD techniques have recorded an average success rate of 50% to 70%. Currently, the indications for PLD include (1) a major complaint of acute unilateral leg pain localized to a single dermatome ...
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Percutaneous cervical diskectomy: preliminary experience
Neuroradiology, 1994We assessed the feasibility of percutaneous treatment of a cervical herniated disc. In the lumbar region, the surgical instrument for percutaneous diskectomy passes only through the paravertebral muscles, while in the cervical region there is considerable risk of nervous, parenchymal and vascular lesions.
G, Bonaldi +6 more
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Herniated Lumbar Disk. Diskectomy
2013• Patient with persisting right low back pain in herniated disk treated by laminectomy-flavectomy • Pre-operative imaging and MR postoperative follow-up MR after 1, 3 and 6 ...
Ferdinando Caranci +4 more
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Percutaneous Automated Diskectomy in Athletes
The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1988In brief: Six athletes underwent percutaneous automated diskectomy-a new technique for aspirating lumbar disks. The patients had herniated lumbar disks (confirmed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans, and/or myelography). Conservative therapy had failed, and they were unable to participate in their respective sports.
J C, Maroon, G, Onik, A, Day
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Nightmare of Lumbar Diskectomy
Spine, 2011Case report.To present a rare case of a patient who during posterior lumbar spinal decompression and diskectomy underwent a laceration of the aorta. The patient survived with prompt treatment.Intraoperative injuries of the prevertebral and pelvic vessels are infrequent but serious complications of posterior lumbar disc surgery.
Siu-Leung, Yip +3 more
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Microendoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy
Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, 2005Background context Rapid return to the playing field regardless of the sport involved is the goal of athletes, coaches, owners, and fans after any type of injury. Lumbar disk problems promote a sense of life-altering changes that will have to be made. Microendoscopic diskectomy can minimize these fears most of the time.
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Percutaneous Lumbar Diskectomy
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1989To the Editor.— I read with interest the article on percutaneous lumbar diskectomy in the January 6 issue of JAMA . 1 Although I do not believe it was the intention of the author to advocate or endorse any particular instrumentation, the discussion seemed to be more promotional than scientific, for the following reasons. Obviously, most of the panel
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[Percutaneous lumbar diskectomy].
Ugeskrift for laeger, 1996The results after percutaneous lumbar discectomy were evaluated in 52 patients with low back pain corresponding to the L5 or S1 root. All patients were examined with a median follow-up time of 14 weeks. The patients were divided in two groups. Group 1: patients with an obvious indication for surgery (29 patients) and group 2: patients with a relative ...
M J, Albeck +5 more
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