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ArticleInterventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences2014

Transarticular laser discal fragmentectomy. A new minimally invasive surgical approach for challenging disc herniations in the elderly.

Giuseppe Bonaldi, Carlo Brembilla, Camillo Foresti, Alessandro Cianfoni

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Article in Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Giuseppe BonaldiNeuroradiology Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital; Bergamo, Italy - bbonaldi@yahoo.com.
Carlo BrembillaNeurosurgery Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital; Bergamo, Italy.
Camillo ForestiNeurophysiology Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital; Bergamo, Italy.
Alessandro CianfoniNeuroradiology Department, Neurocenter of Italian Switzerland; Lugano, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report describes two elderly patients with large disc fragments extruded into lumbar radicular recesses not treatable by any conventional conservative, minimally invasive or surgical approach. Direct access to the disc fragments was obtained crossing the articular zygapophyseal cavity instead of the interlaminar space and spinal canal, using a small needle through which a laser fibre was inserted to deliver energy for tissue ablation. The procedures obtained regression of both symptoms and the bulk of the fragments at early and late clinical and MR follow-ups.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAnesthesia, LocalCartilage, ArticularElectromyographyFemaleHumansIntervertebral Disc DisplacementIntraoperative Neurophysiological MonitoringLaser TherapyMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresNeurosurgical ProceduresPainSurgery, Computer-Assisteddisc herniationlaserpercutaneous disc decompression

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PMID25363258
PMCPMC4243225

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