title: Automated percutaneous nucleotomy: restricted indications based on CT scan appearance.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, Westfälischen Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jerosch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schilgen
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Schulitz
mesh_terms: 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