Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc: A systematic assessment of evidence

Pain Physician

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 601-620

  Hirsch, Joshua A ^a,b   Singh, Vijay ^c   Falco, Frank J E ^d,e,f   Benyamin, Ramsin M ^g,h   Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^d Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

ⁱ PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy; Chronic low back pain; Internal disc disruption; Intervertebral disc disease; Mechanical disc decompression; Radiculitis

Indexed keywords

CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK RESUMPTION; AUTOMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTOMATION; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69849110135     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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