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Thoracoscopic Microdiscectomy

Neurosurgery, 2002
ABSTRACT THE THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH for the microsurgical removal of herniated thoracic discs is described, and perioperative management is also discussed. The microsurgical techniques used for decompression of the spinal canal in the thoracic spine are presented in detail.
Rod J, Oskouian, J Patrick, Johnson, John J, Regan   +2 more
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Microdiscectomy versus Chemonucleolysis

Neurosurgery, 1985
Abstract A retrospective analysis of 50 consecutive patients treated with chemonucleolysis and 50 treated with microlumbar discectomy was carried out. Similar clinical criteria for the diagnosis of “virgin” herniated lumbar discs were used.
J C, Maroon, A, Abla
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Stereotactic Lumbar Microdiscectomy

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 1996
Stereotaxis eliminates the risk of trial and error in fluoroscopic guidance. This technique appears ideal in the hands of those who do not have extensive experience with guidance of the instruments under fluoroscopic control. The procedure is atraumatic and almost free of complications, but acceptance of the stereotactic technique will be greater if a ...
P G, Koutrouvelis, E, Lang
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Transforaminal Endoscopic Microdiscectomy

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 1996
Foraminal epidural endoscopic surgery (FEES) is a minimally invasive spine surgery technique that allows maximum exposure for visualization, identification, and exploration of anatomy, pathology, and structures at risk; therefore, it provides for dissection of neuropathologic anatomy and documentation of surgical correction.
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Retractor for Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Technical Note

Neurosurgery, 1984
Abstract The authors describe a modification of an existing lumbar spine retractor for use in lumbar microdiscectomy.
W O, Bell, M H, Lavyne
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Lumbar microdiscectomy in rats

Microsurgery, 1980
AbstractAn operative method for lumbar microdiscectomy in rats is described in general terms so that it may be adapted to any microsurgical laboratory. The operation may be used as an advanced exercise in microsurgery, or to prepare surgeons for clinical lumbar microdiscectomy surgery.
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Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy and Selective Fragmentectomy

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1998
A prospective outcome study to determine the efficacy and complications associated with posterolateral arthroscopic discectomy was initiated in April 1988. One hundred seventy-five patients with symptoms consistent with a lumbar disc herniation and correlative imaging studies were treated operatively, and 169 were available for followup evaluation ...
P, Kambin, E, O'Brien, L, Zhou, J L, Schaffer   +3 more
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Microdiscectomy.

British journal of hospital medicine, 1991
Despite the introduction of microdiscectomy some fifteen years ago, the spread of this procedure amongst surgeons who operate on discs has been disappointingly slow. The overall impression of the impact which this operation has made on the surgery of lumbar discs is considerable and the authors recommend that this should now be the standard operation ...
H B, Griffith, B G, Mathew
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Lumbar microdiscectomy and microendoscopic discectomy

Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies, 2006
Lumbar microdiscectomy, which relies on the operating microscope for visualization, was first described in the late 1970s. This operation is considered the gold standard procedure for patients who require surgery for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation causing radiculopathy that has not improved with conservative measures.
Ron I, Riesenburger, Carlos A, David
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Lumbar microdiscectomy in the elderly patient

British Journal of Neurosurgery, 1997
This study retrospectively analysed 60 patients who had undergone microsurgical lumbar discectomy at an age of > or = 60 years. The results were compared with those obtained in 44 discectomy patients who were operated on during the same study period, but not selected for age.
H R, Silvers, P J, Lewis, H L, Asch, D, Clabeaux   +3 more
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