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Full-Videoendoscopic Interlaminar Surgery for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniations — A Series of 50 Cases

Arq. bras. neurocir; 38 (1), 2019
The present study aims to describe the results of full-videoendoscopic surgery through the interlaminar route for central lumbar disc herniation in a series of 50 cases in Brazil. This is a retrospective single-center study. With the aim of describing safety, the present study reports the complication an...

Guía de instrucción en endoscopia de columna avanzado

La evolución de las técnicas quirúrgicas tradicionales y los modelos de formación de los cirujanos exigen cambios, por esta razón el centro de investigación y entrenamiento en cirugía de mínima invasión (CLEMI) ha desarrollado y aplicado modelos de enseñanza que permiten entrenar técnicas quir...

Accuracy of the kissing sign on lumbar spine MRI in cases of axillary disc herniation and the surgical correlation: an Indian multi-center study

ABSTRACT Objectives: Magnetic resonance imaging has proven to be a valuable tool in the assessment of disc abnormalities. Two types of disc extrusion can be described according to the direction of herniated disc material: shoulder type and axillary type. Axillary disc herniation is described when the ex...

Lumbar herniated disc treatment with percutaneous hydrodiscectomy

SUMMARY Lumbar herniated disc are common manifestations of degenerative spine diseases, the main cause of radiated lower back pain. This guideline followed standard of a systematic review with recovery of evidence based on the movement of evidence-based medicine. We used the structured method for formula...

Síndrome de Cola de Caballo asociado a tratamiento quiropráctico: Reporte de 3 casos y revisión de la literatura
Horsetail syndrome associated with chiropractic treatment: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

Rev. argent. neurocir; 32 (3), 2018
El síndrome de cola de caballo (SCC) es una urgencia quirúrgica poco frecuente con una incidencia estimada de hasta 1,8 casos por millón de habitantes, producida por la compresión de las raíces nerviosas en el extremo inferior del canal espinal. La manipulación espinal puede desempeñar un papel et...

Cervical endoscopic disc surgery: precise approach for minimally invasive decompression

Coluna/Columna; 17 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: Technological advances in recent decades have led to a complexity of choice of the most effective method for treating cervical disc herniations. The idea of removing disc herniations using endoscope techniques is not new, and is successfully used in the treatment of lumbar disc herni...

Surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation in pregnant women: report of two cases and a systematic review

Coluna/Columna; 17 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To review the surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation in pregnancy. Methods: We systematically reviewed cases of surgical treatment of pregnant patients with lumbar IVD herniations in accordance with the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. We searched on ...

Outcomes of surgical treatment of lumbar disk herniation using an annular closure device

Coluna/Columna; 17 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical and radiological results of using the annular closure device in patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Methods: The study involved 120 patients with LDH operated on by limited discectomy and annular closure using the Barricai...

Advantages and weaknesses of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: algorithm selection

Coluna/Columna; 17 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: Degenerative diseases of the spine are the most common disorder seen in the practice of the neurosurgeon. According to many surgeons, microdiscectomy is the "gold standard" of surgical treatment. Analyzing the current literature, it is seen that the use of endoscopic techniques in sp...

NF-kB mediated CX3CL1 activation in the dorsal root ganglion contributes to the maintenance of neuropathic pain induced in adult male Sprague Dawley rats

Acta cir. bras; 33 (7), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the role of CX3CL1 and NF-κB in the lumbar disc herniation induced neuropathic pain. Methods: After LDH induced by implantation of autologous nucleus pulposus (NP) on the left L5 nerve root was established, mechanical thresholds and thermal hyperalgesia were tested ...