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

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

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

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 –

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

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,