Transarticular laser discal fragmentectomy. A new minimally invasive surgical approach for challenging disc herniations in the elderly.
Interv Neuroradiol
; 20(5): 555-63, 2014 Oct 31.
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ABSTRACT
This report describes two elderly patients with large disc fragments extruded into lumbar radicular recesses not treatable by any conventional conservative, minimally invasive or surgical approach. Direct access to the disc fragments was obtained crossing the articular zygapophyseal cavity instead of the interlaminar space and spinal canal, using a small needle through which a laser fibre was inserted to deliver energy for tissue ablation. The procedures obtained regression of both symptoms and the bulk of the fragments at early and late clinical and MR follow-ups.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos
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Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos
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Terapia por Láser
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Desplazamiento del Disco Intervertebral
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Interv Neuroradiol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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RADIOLOGIA
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article