title: Far-lateral disk herniation: treatment by automated percutaneous diskectomy.
abstract: Automated percutaneous diskectomy has certain advantages over other surgical approaches to the treatment of far-lateral disk herniation; primarily, the procedure can be performed under local anesthesia without soft-tissue disruption. We describe four patients with far-lateral herniations who were successfully treated with the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Onik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maroon
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed