title: Lumbar percutaneous diskectomy.
abstract: The lumbar percutaneous diskectomy is a new procedure for the treatment of herniated lumbar intervertebral disks that have not advanced to sequestration, fibrosis, or osteophyte formation. The procedure is done under local anesthesia, and there is no entrance into the spinal canal.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, New York, NY.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged