title: Percutaneous laser discectomy of cervical discs: preliminary clinical results.
abstract: Thirty-one patients with herniated cervical discs were treated with PLDD from 1991 to 1993. In 1990, a few of these patients were treated with the Nd:YAG laser with no complications. Since 1991 we have used the holmium:YAG laser; 28 of the 31 patients experienced pain relief in a 6-week follow-up. PLDD for the cervical discs is a viable therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University of Kassel, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Siebert
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D017587:Diskectomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome