Critical failure of a percutaneous discectomy probe requiring surgical removal during disc decompression

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-179

  Domsky, Richard ^a,b   Goldberg, Michael E ^a   Hirsh, Robert A ^a   Scaringe, Denise ^a   Torjman, Marc C ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b Kelemen Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Dekompressor; Disc herniation; Fluoroscopic guidance; Minimally invasive surgery; Percutaneous discectomy; Probe failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGEON; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33644970783     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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