Salvage operation for persistent low back pain and sciatica induced by percutaneous laser disc decompression performed at outside institution: Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging and intraoperative and pathological findings

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 414-423

  Takeno, Kenichi ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Yonezawa, Takumi ^b   Hayakawa, Katsuhiko ^c   Hachiya, Yudo ^d   Uchida, Kenzou ^a   Negoro, Kouhei ^a   Timbihurira, Godfrey ^a   Baba, Hisatoshi ^a  

^a University of Fukui   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Aikou Orthopaedic Hospital   (Japan)

^d Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BONE; CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

HERNIATION; LOW BACK PAIN; NECROSIS; SCIATICA; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

LASER SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; ISCHIALGIA; LASER DISK DECOMPRESSION; LASER SURGERY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERCUTANEOUS LUMBAR DISK DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CARTILAGE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 33746342809     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.414     Document Type: Article

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