The surgical treatment of the lumbar disc prolapse: nucleotomy with additional transpedicular dynamic stabilization versus nucleotomy alone

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 30; no. 5; p. E109
• Main Authors: Putzier, Michael, Schneider, Sascha V, Funk, Julia F, Tohtz, Stephan W, Perka, Carsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Diskectomy, Percutaneous - methods; Diskectomy, Percutaneous - statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intervertebral Disc - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc - surgery; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - surgery; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Pain Measurement - statistics & numerical data; Prospective Studies; Radiography; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Fusion - methods; Spinal Fusion - statistics & numerical data

Clinical and radiologic study evaluating the outcome after nucleotomy with dynamic stabilization compared with nucleotomy alone. To investigate the effect of dynamic stabilization on the progression of segmental degeneration after nucleotomy. Nucleotomy as treatment for lumbar disc prolapse in combi...