title: Automated percutaneous lumbar diskectomy.
abstract: Automated percutaneous lumbar diskectomy was introduced in 1985. Development of this technique was instigated by the general trend in medicine toward less invasive procedures. Technique, indications, patient selection, and a review of the current literature are presented. Cumulative data indicate that the procedure has the least potential to do harm compared to open operations for treating lumbar disk herniations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Onik
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008722:Methods; D013396:Suction; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed