Breakage of the tip of the micropituitary forceps during spine surgery is a rare occurrence. Retrieval of the broken tip could be a challenge in minimally invasive surgeries due to limitation of access and retrieval instruments. We describe our experience in handling such a situation during percutaneous radiofrequency discectomy. The removal was attempted, without converting into open surgery, ...

The indications for lumbar discectomy are pain and neurological dysfunction. This paper considers the extent and timing of neurological recovery following spinal decompression.

Abstract Background Thoracoscopic spine surgery is a form of minimally invasive primarily used to treat thoracic spinal disk herniation and stenosis via endoscopic discectomy decompression techniques, respectively. In contrast the lengthy recovery time related risks an open approach, this technique attempts limit tissue trauma while maintaining therapeutic efficacy. Thoracoscopies video-assiste...

Using data obtained by questionnaire in a retrospective review of pat sciatic pain (eighty-five treated i ents with low-back by injection of chy and ‘rnopapain and seventy-one, by open discectomy), the results at one and ten years after treatment were analyzed. For this analysis we used six measures of pain relief, six measures of the patients’ course during the ten-year period since primary tr...

PURPOSE To assess the treatment outcome for disc infection in 35 patients. METHODS Records of 23 men and 12 women aged 36 to 62 (mean, 43) years who underwent treatment for pyogenic discitis after open discectomy were reviewed. All patients had single-level disc herniation of L4-5 (n=28) or L5-S1 (n=6), except for one who had 2-level disc herniation of L4-S1. Single antibiotic was given one d...

This study investigated the therapeutic effect of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy on lumbar disc herniation, and explored its effect on oxidative stress in patients with lumbar disc herniation. One hundred and ten patients with lumbar disc herniation were selected in The Affiliated People's Hospital of Shanxi Medical University from May 2015 to May 2016. Patients were divided into con...

BACKGROUND Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) assisted ventral discectomy has been criticized for high rates of graft migration and pseudarthrosis when compared with various other fusion procedures for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD), therefore rendering it not the preferred choice of treatment today. Recently however spine surgery has been developing towards preservation r...

STUDY DESIGN A randomized, double-blinded controlled trial. PURPOSE Postoperative pain relief especially using analgesic drugs with minimal side effects has considerable clinical importance. This study aimed to examine the effect of intravenous paracetamol on pain relief after lumbar discectomy as a major surgery. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Patients undergoing lumbar discectomy experience a hig...