OBJECTIVE We compared the intra- and postoperative differences, as well as the final outcome of patients with herniated lumbar discs who underwent either open discectomy (OD) or microendoscopic discectomy (MED). METHODS We performed a prospective controlled randomized study of 40 patients with sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniations nonresponsive to conservative treatment who underwent OD ...

Neurological injury is a potential complication of anterior cervical discectomy (ACDF). Iatrogenic trauma, hypoxic-ischemic damage during surgery or epidural hematoma could cause neurologic deterioration after surgery. This is the first case being reported of neurologic deterioration after an anterior cervical discectomy due to ligamentum flavum buckling. The case illustrated an uncommon cause ...

abstract: introduction & objective: discectomy for nucleous pulposus herniation is one of he most surgeries in spinal column. in this surgical treatment, postoperative pain is a problem which results in more hospital stay and less daily activity. postoperative pain control is difficult because opoids don't relieve moderate and severe pain alone. it is believed that corticosteroid and local...

Aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate incidence discitis amongst patients undergoing endoscopic spine surgery. Material and Methods: A total 116 were included in which underwent discectomy. Patients followed up postoperative period for any backpain. They evaluated clinically subjected laboratory radiological investigations establish diagnosis discitis. given IV antibiotics initially ...

BACKGROUND Biomechanical studies have shown that dynamic stabilization restores the neutral zone and stabilizes the motion segment. Unfortunately, there are limitations to clinical measurement of lumbar motion segments when using routine radiographs. Radiostereometric analysis is a 3-dimensional technique and can measure the spinal motion segment more accurately than techniques using plain film...

The purpose of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of micro-endoscopic discectomy (MED) and open discectomy (OD) for lubmar disc herniation (LDH). Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing MED with OD for LDH were searched comprehensively in PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library. Relevant studies retrieved, data extracted and the quality of included studies were independently p...

Korean J Radiol 12(5), Sep/Oct 2011 kjronline.org RE: Tips and Tricks of Percutaneous Gastrostomy Under Image Guidance in Patients with Limited Access Pierre-Yves Marcy, MD, Alexis Lacout, MD, Andrea Figl, MD, Juliette Thariat, MD Interventional Radiology Department, Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Research Institute, Sophia Antipolis University, 06189 Nice cedex 1, France; Radiodiagnostic Department...

AIM The authors compared the incidence of radiologically documented and/or symptomatic adjacent segment degeneration in and between patients who underwent anterior or posterior single-level, simple discectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS 79 patients were clinically and radiologically examined for adjacent segment degeneration (ASD). The results were compared to evaluate which approach was predominan...