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Accession number;02A0146453
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| Title;Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression for Lumbar Herniated Disc. |
| Author;
OKAJIMA YUKIKAZU
(Tohodai I Seikeigekagakudaiichi)
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Journal Title;Journal of the Medical Society of Toho University
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Journal Code:G0654A
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ISSN:0040-8670
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VOL.48;NO.6;PAGE.397-401(2001)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.3, REF.10 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;Percutaneous laser disc decompression is a procedure in which lumbar herniated discs are treated by reducing intra discal pressure by means of laser energy introduced by a needle inserted into the nucleus pulposus under local anesthesia and fluoroscopic monitoring. Twelve patients were treated by PLDD for lumbar herniated disc disease in 1998-1999. Clinical results were evaluated using the JOA score. Recovery was rated as excellent in 6 cases, good in 3, and fair in 1. Two of the patients who were unsuccessfully treated were later treated successfully by laminotomy. There were no complications during the procedure. Postoperative MRI changes in the margin of the vertebral body were observed, but these had no relationship to the symptoms. PLDD has been proven to be safe and effective. In the future minimally invasive surgery will be universally employed in the treatment of lumbar herniated disc. (author abst.) |
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