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Percutaneous cervical diskectomy: preliminary experience

Neuroradiology, 1994
We 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, G, Minonzio, G, Belloni, A, Dorizzi, P, Fachinetti, A, Marra, A, Goddi   +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, Anna Caliendo, Carmen Castagnolo, Raffaele Nappi, Achille Marotta   +4 more
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Percutaneous Automated Diskectomy in Athletes

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1988
In 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, 2011
Case 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, Siu-Bon, Woo, Tik-Koon, Kwok, Kan-Hing, Mak   +3 more
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Microendoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, 2005
Background 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, 1989
To 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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LASER DISKECTOMY

Orthopedics, 1993
H H, Sherk, J D, Black, J A, Prodoehl, R S, Cummings   +3 more
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[Percutaneous lumbar diskectomy].

Ugeskrift for laeger, 1996
The 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, J, Jørgensen, S E, Børgesen, O, Fedders, J, Haase, F, Gjerris   +5 more
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MR Post-Diskectomy Imaging

1989
The failed back surgery syndrome is a frequent condition. Burton [2] reported the incidence of the syndrome to be 10%–40%. This may involve disk herination (12%–16%), lateral spinal stenosis (58%), central spinal stenosis (7%–14%), arachnoiditis (6%-16%), or epidural fi-brosis (6%–8%).
M. Resta, F. Dicuonzo, A. Lorusso, A. Carella   +3 more
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Lumbar percutaneous diskectomy.

Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, 1988
The lumbar percutaneous diskectomy is a new procedure for the treatment of herniated lumbar intervertebral disks that have not advanced to sequestration, fibrosis, or osteophyte formation. The procedure is done under local anesthesia, and there is no entrance into the spinal canal.
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