title: Automated percutaneous discectomy.
abstract: Automated percutaneous discectomy is the most popular technique for intradiscal therapy of lumbar disc disease, with over 80,000 procedures performed worldwide to date. Success rates range from 55% to 85%, and complications are very infrequent (less than one percent). Very careful patient selection seems critical for success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Quigley
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Maroon
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D017587:Diskectomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome