Percutaneous methods for treating herniated lumbar discs are relatively new procedures and include chemonucleolysist, automated discectomy and laser disc decompression3,4. The advantages of these procedures are minimal invasion and complications. However, discitis, bowel nerve root and great vessel injuries have been reported. Although chymopapain injected into the intervertebral discs, employe...

In the book ”Contemporary Endoscopic Spine Surgery”, edited by Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, and Anthony Yeung, information on history of spinal endoscopy is provided. A number aspects surgery are covered, in particular pain, preoperative examination, indications for endoscopic surgery, anesthesia, outpatient surgery. New technologies described. Leading scientists presented c...

Mixter and Barr (20) have first established the relationship between disc herniation and sciatica in 1934 (20). Yasargil (36) and Caspar (4) have pioneered the minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery by using surgical microscope and developing microinstruments in the 1970’s. Hijikata has performed the first percutaneous discectomy in 1975. Kambin (17) has first used an arthroscope for discectomy...

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...

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...