title: Clinical experience and results with 389 PLDD procedures with the Nd:YAG laser, 1986 to 1995.
abstract: From 1986 to the present, a period of 9 years, our group has performed 389 PLDD procedures in 322 patients with an overall success rate according the MacNab criteria of 75% and a complication rate of 1%. This compares to the 2.4% of traditional open surgery. Of our patients 33 required subsequent surgery, an incidence of approximately 10%.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Choy
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D017587:Diskectomy, Percutaneous; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome