title: [Automated percutaneous lumbar diskectomy (APLD): the early and late changes in the CT with a clinical correlation].
abstract: In 52 out of 162 patients treated, CT changes were measured at early and late stages and correlated with clinical findings. Reduction in height of discs was measured by digital radiography. During early stages 9.6% showed gas collections peripherally and 3.8% centrally. Early and late examination showed uniform reaction in the area of the prolapse: no changes (type I), return to normal findings (type II), diffuse reduction of a broadly based lesion (type III), reduction in focal changes based on a broad lesion (type IV). Early results: 94.3% type I, 3.8% type III, 1.9% type IV. Late results: 55.7% type I, 3.8% type II, 21.2% type III, 19.3% type IV. Maximal reduction of the height of the disc of 10% occurred in 32.6% of cases. There was no meaningful correlation between CT appearances and clinical status.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Linz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luft
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pürgyi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Automatisierte perkutane lumbale Diskektomie (APLD): Früh- und Spätveränderungen im CT mit klinischer Korrelation.