Effectiveness of percutaneous laser disc decompression versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation; design of a prospective randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The usual surgical treatment of refractory sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation, is open discectomy. Minimally invasive procedures, including percutaneous therapies under local anesthesia, are increasingly gaining attention. One of these treatments is Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompr...

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Autores principales: Brouwer, Patrick A, Peul, Wilco C, Brand, Ronald, Arts, Mark P, Koes, Bart W, Berg, Annette A van den, van Buchem, Mark A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19439098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-49

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