title: Surgical disc excision.
abstract: For the athlete, whether recreational or professional, limited surgical discectomy has been a predictable and highly successful procedure, enabling those individuals to return to their preinjury status relatively quickly. With proper patient selection, patients will be able to return to their athletic endeavors with much more reliability than with any of the other currently available surgical alternatives to limited surgical discectomy.
authors.affiliation: National Spine Center, Anderson Clinic, Arlington, Virginia.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kahanovitz
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D012585:Sciatica / Q000175:diagnosis