Posterior Cervical Microscopic Foraminotomy and Discectomy with Laser for Unilateral Radiculopathy

doi: 10.4068/cmj.2015.51.3.129. Epub 2015 Dec 11. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Buk-gu Wooridul Spine Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Gwang-Ju Wooridul Spine Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. 3…

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Evaluation of different laser wavelengths on ablation lesion and residual thermal injury in intervertebral discs of the lumbar spine

Laser discectomy or nucleotomy is an increasingly important method for less invasive procedures of column, but the ideal kind of laser is still not established. As the wavelength is an…

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Epiduroscopic Laser Neural Decompression for Removal of L2-3 Disc Herniation in a Patient with Symptoms Suggestive of L5 Nerve Root Involvement

L5 root compression resulting from an L2-L3 disc herniation. Hidalgo-Ovejero AM, García-Mata S, Sánchez-Villares JJ, Lasanta P, Izco-Cabezón T, Martínez-Grande M. Hidalgo-Ovejero AM, et al. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead…

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Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression for Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Preliminary Case Series

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression (SELD) in patients with a herniated lumbar disc. Methods: This prospective case series study…

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Evaluation of Decompression and Interlaminar Stabilization Compared with Decompression and Fusion for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: 5-year Follow-up of a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Introduction: If nonoperative treatment for lumbar stenosis fails, surgery may be considered. This traditionally includes decompression often combined with fusion. Desire for less extensive surgery led to developing new techniques…

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Comparison of open surgical discectomy versus plasma-laser nucleoplasty in patients with single lumbar disc herniation

Background: Intervertebral disc herniation is a major cause of low back pain. Several treatment methods are available for lumbar disc herniation including Chemonucleolysis, open surgery, nucleoplasty, laser disc decompression, and…

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Should anyone perform percutaneous endoscopic laser diskectomy and percutaneous lumbar disc decompressions?

Background: Increasingly, pain management specialists (P-S) (e.g., anesthesiologists, radiologists, or physiatrists), who are not spinal surgeons, are performing percutaneous endoscopic laser diskectomy (PELD), percutaneous lumbar disc decompression (PLDD), and target…

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Percutaneous laser disc decompression versus conventional microdiscectomy for patients with sciatica: Two-year results of a randomised controlled trial

Background Percutaneous laser disc decompression is a minimally invasive treatment, for lumbar disc herniation and might serve as an alternative to surgical management of sciatica. In a randomised trial with…

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A Novel Combination of Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy and Epiduroscopic Laser Neural Decompression for Down-migrated Disc Herniation

Although percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) is an effective treatment for herniated discs, its application in a disc with extensive migration is still challenging. As such, epiduroscopic laser neural decompression…

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Percutaneous laser disc decompression versus microdiscectomy for sciatica: Cost utility analysis alongside a randomized controlled trial

Background Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) for patients with lumbar disc herniation is believed to be cheaper than surgery. However, cost-effectiveness has never been studied. Materials and Methods A cost…

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