Percutaneous lumbar disc decompression

Steven J. Barrer M.D.; David Pagnanelli M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.154947

17 September 1993 Percutaneous lumbar disc decompression

Steven J. Barrer M.D., David Pagnanelli M.D.

Proceedings Volume 1894, Clinical Applications of Modern Imaging Technology; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154947
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Percutaneous Lumbar Diskectomy, or PLDD, is the third generation in the evolution of percutaneous techniques to treat herniated lumbar discs. Until the development of the percutaneous techniques, the hallmark of the surgical therapy for a disc herniation was to remove the herniated fragment of disc, and to follow the fragment into the disc space to remove as much of the nuclear material as possible. Even in the best of surgical hands, and with the most selective of patient candidates, there is still a five to ten percent failure rate of this surgery. One of the causes of surgical failure is recurrent herniation of the same disc.

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Steven J. Barrer M.D. and David Pagnanelli M.D. "Percutaneous lumbar disc decompression", Proc. SPIE 1894, Clinical Applications of Modern Imaging Technology, (17 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154947

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