title: [Percutaneous lumbar diskectomy].
abstract: The results after percutaneous lumbar discectomy were evaluated in 52 patients with low back pain corresponding to the L5 or S1 root. All patients were examined with a median follow-up time of 14 weeks. The patients were divided in two groups. Group 1: patients with an obvious indication for surgery (29 patients) and group 2: patients with a relative indication for surgery (23 patients). The follow-up results for patients in group 1 were comparable with the results after conventional discectomy. The results concerning follow-up low back pain in groups 1 and 2 were good or excellent in 69% and 43% of the patients respectively. The corresponding results for sciatica were 69% and 65% respectively. It is concluded that percutaneous lumbar discectomy is a possible alternative to conventional discectomy in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Neurokirurgisk afdeling, Rigshospitalet, København.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Albeck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Børgesen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fedders
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gjerris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017587:Diskectomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged