ArticleCureus2024
Early Endoscopic Discectomy in Preventing Degenerative Spinal Changes in Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniation.
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Abstract
In this study, we compare the outcomes of two patients with similar spinal pathologies who chose different treatment options. The first case involves a 38-year-old female with significant lumbar disc herniation and associated degenerative spinal changes, including type I Modic changes. She presented with sciatica and, after conservative treatments failed, underwent an endoscopic discectomy. This intervention led to a marked improvement in her pain and functional status, along with a partial resolution of the Modic changes and a decrease in multifidus atrophy and fatty infiltration, on her follow-up MRI. In the second case, we discuss a 33-year-old patient with a large disc herniation. Despite three years of conservative management, she developed Modic changes and sclerosis in the adjacent vertebral endplates and a worsening of multifidus atrophy and fatty infiltration. This report supports the consideration of early minimally invasive discectomy for young patients who do not benefit from conservative treatment, as a means to prevent the progression of degenerative spinal changes.
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