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Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. H. Michael Mayer

    1. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Germany

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  2. Mario Brock

    1. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Germany

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History of Surgical Treatment of Herniated Lumbar Discs

      • P. Kambin
      Pages 3-6

  3. Anatomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Anatomy of the Posterolateral Spine

      • J. A. N. Shepperd
      Pages 9-15

    3. The Posterolateral Approach

      • J. A. McCulloch
      Pages 16-30

    4. Intervertebral Disc Material Gained by Percutaneous Discectomy

      • R. Ferszt, S. Patt, H. M. Mayer
      Pages 31-39

  4. Pathophysiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Biomechanical Background of Low Back Pain, Sciatica and Flexion Therapy

      • J. Krämer, W. Kuehnegger
      Pages 43-48

  6. Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy (PLD) — Technique and Results

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy — Indication, Technique and Results

      • P. Kambin
      Pages 87-93

    3. Indication and Technique of Percutaneous Nucleotomy with Discoscopy — Eight Years Experience (1979–1987)

      • A. Schreiber, Y. Suezawa, H. Leu
      Pages 94-106

    4. Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy — The Berlin Technique

      • H. M. Mayer, M. Brock
      Pages 107-117

    5. Percutaneous Posterolateral Decompression for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain of Discogenic Origin

      • A. Monteiro, G. Pieters, D. Gastambide
      Pages 118-123
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About this book

Percutaneous lumbar discectomy is a new surgical method for treating lumbar disc diseases. The goal of the procedure is decompression of the spinal nerve root by percutaneous removal of the nucleus pulposus under local anesthesia. Probably 20 % of all patients requiring lumbar disc surgery can be successfully treated by this method. During the past two years, percutaneous discectomy has spread rapidly, and it is now performed in most clinical departments engaged in spinal surgery. The first International Symposium on Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy, held in Berlin in August 1988, covered all current procedures known as "percutaneous discectomy" and the entire range of percutaneous techniques, both clinical and experimental. Its publication is important because of the recency of this new surgical procedure, the outstanding experience of the speakers - including the Japanese, American, and European "pioneers" of the technique - and last but not least the gaps in the knowledge of physicians concerning this topic. This procedure opens up new perspectives in the surgical treatment of degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Germany

    H. Michael Mayer, Mario Brock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy

  • Editors: H. Michael Mayer, Mario Brock

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74679-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-74681-9Published: 23 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-74679-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 218

  • Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Traumatic Surgery, Imaging / Radiology, Neurology, Rheumatology

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