TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous carbon dioxide laser nucleolysis with 2- to 5-year followup
AU - Nerubay, Jacobo
AU - Caspi, Israel
AU - Levinkopf, Moshe
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - A prospective study of 50 patients with low back and radicular pain caused by an L4-L5 protruded disc were treated by percutaneous laser nucleolysis with a carbon dioxide laser. The followup ranged from 2 to 5 years, and all the patients were evaluated clinically and by imaging with computed tomography scans and magnetic resonance images before and after the procedure. According to the Macnab criteria, 74% of the patients had excellent or good results and 26% had fair or poor results. The laser disc decompression opens up new options in the treatment of discogenic pain, but it is still an experimental procedure.
AB - A prospective study of 50 patients with low back and radicular pain caused by an L4-L5 protruded disc were treated by percutaneous laser nucleolysis with a carbon dioxide laser. The followup ranged from 2 to 5 years, and all the patients were evaluated clinically and by imaging with computed tomography scans and magnetic resonance images before and after the procedure. According to the Macnab criteria, 74% of the patients had excellent or good results and 26% had fair or poor results. The laser disc decompression opens up new options in the treatment of discogenic pain, but it is still an experimental procedure.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030976091&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00003086-199704000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00003086-199704000-00006
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C2 - 9137175
AN - SCOPUS:0030976091
SN - 0009-921X
VL - 337
SP - 45
EP - 48
JO - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
JF - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
ER -