Laser Spine Disc Surgery

MR guidance and thermometry of percutaneous laser disc decompression in open MRI: an ex vivo study

Purpose: To assess the feasibility of guidance and thermometry by open 1.0 T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging during percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD). Methods: A

Approach for epiduroscopic laser neural decompression in case of the sacral canal stenosis

Epiduroscopy is very useful in the treatment of not only low back pain caused by failed back surgery syndrome, epidural scar or herniated disc but

Percutaneous Disc Decompression for Lumbar Radicular Pain: A Review Article

Background: Open discectomy remains the standard of treatment for patients with lumbar radicular pain secondary to a prolapsed intervertebral disc. Open discectomy performed in patients

Transarticular laser discal fragmentectomy. A new minimally invasive surgical approach for challenging disc herniations in the elderly

Case Reports . 2014 Oct 31;20(5):555-63. doi: 10.15274/INR-2014-10085. Epub 2014 Oct 17. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Neuroradiology Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital; Bergamo, Italy –

The use of targeted percutaneous laser disc decompression under the guidance of puncture-radiating pain leads to better short-term responses in lumbar disc herniation

Objective: Traditional percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) eliminates nucleus pulposus in the center of lumbar discs. Targeted PLDD is an alternative technique that involves elimination

Percutaneous laser disc decompression versus conventional microdiscectomy in sciatica: a randomized controlled trial

Background context: Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) is a minimally invasive treatment for lumbar disc herniation, with Food and Drug Administration approval since 1991. However,