Trial reportPain research & management2019
Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression Compared to Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty.
Trial report in Pain research & management, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Laser disc decompression in the management of lumbar disc herniation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain & spine · 2026Article
- A Comparative Study of Endoscopic versus Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty in Lower Back Pain: Outcomes at Six-Month Follow Up.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Factors leading to open revision surgery after trans-sacral canal plasty for lumbar spine disease.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Trans sacral Endoscopic laser Decompression- a case report, technical note and literature review.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- Differential Agnostic Effect Size Analysis of Lumbar Stenosis Surgeries.International journal of spine surgery · 2022Article
- Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Ho:YAG Laser Ablation of the Ligamentum Flavum in a Live Pig.Spine surgery and related research · 2022Article
- Factors Predicting the Clinical Outcome After Trans-sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression for Lumbar Disc Herniation.Neurospine · 2021Article
- Learning curve of trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression in herniated lumbar disc disease.BMC surgery · 2021Article
- Observational
- Clinical Outcomes of Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression (SELD) in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation.Pain research & management · 2020Article
- Numbness and Weakness Recovered at a Less Extent in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation after Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy.Pain research & management · 2019Article
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Abstract
Percutaneous epidural neuroplasty (PEN) is an effective and safe procedure for herniated lumbar disc (HLD). Although PEN has an advantage of adhesiolysis, this procedure cannot decompress the protruded disc. Recently, trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression (SELD) for HLD has been introduced as a promising alternative methodology. This study evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of SELD compared to PEN, as well as the change in protruded disc volume after SELD through pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients with HLD. Thirty consecutive patients underwent SELD (SELD group), and 45 patients underwent PEN (PEN group). The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for leg pain; Oswestry Disability Index (ODI); 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12); preoperative and postoperative 4-, 12-, and 24-week Macnab criteria; and preoperative and 24-week postoperative lumbar spinal MRIs after SELD were obtained. There was no significant difference in age, sex, duration of symptoms, and the distributions of disc level between the two groups (all
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