title: [Postero-lateral surgical approach to soft cervical herniated discs. Technical note].
abstract: Most ruptured cervical discs are operated on by an anterolateral approach. The posterior approach is an older procedure, nowadays underused because it was associated with a high morbidity, especially in terms of medullary complications. However, posterior approach has evolved in posterolateral route, which is not so devastating and has a very low morbidity rate. It gives excellent functional results when surgery is dedicated to monoradiculopathy from soft posterolateral cervical hernias. It seems appropriate to consider this surgical route as an alternative to anterolateral surgery in these very selected cases. The authors describe and comment the technique.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie et Neurotraumotologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hallacq
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lajoix
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saaidia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Ali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moufid
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lagarrigue
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
vernacular_title: Abord postéro-latéral des hernies discales cervicales molles. Note technique.