Automated percutaneous nucleotomy: restricted indications based on CT scan appearance.
Automated percutaneous lumbar nucleotomy is not a treatment modality for every patient with herniated disc. It should be performed only in patients with a disc protrusion with a broad dyebase, as shown in CT discography.
Castro
W H
WH
Orthopedic Department, Westfälischen Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany.
Jerosch
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J
Schilgen
M
M
Schulitz
K P
KP
D001331:Automation; D017587:Diskectomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome