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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Main Authors: Brouwer, Patrick A, Peul, Wilco C, Brand, Ronald, Arts, Mark P, Koes, Bart W, Berg, Annette A van den, van Buchem, Mark A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Study Protocol
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697136/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19439098
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-49
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