Epidural Steroid Following Discectomy for Herniated Lumbar Disc Reduces Neurological Impairment and Enhances Recovery: A Randomized Study With Two-Year Follow-up.
Study Design: We randomized 200 patients after lumbar discectomy to receive epidural steroid or none with a 2-year follow-up.
Results: Hospital stay was reduced from 8 to 6 days (P = 0.0001)...

Patient satisfaction with outpatient lumbar microsurgical discectomy: a qualitative study M. Hersht, E.M. Massicotte, M. Bernstein Can J Surg, Vol. 50, No. 6, December 2007
Conclusions: Most patients appreciate the need for the health care system to save money where possible so that it can be spent in other, more resource-intensive areas....

Guideline. Purpose: to provide guidance to nursing staff and students on the specific post-operative care of a patient following a discectomy

Guideline: Purpose: to provide guidance to nursing staff and students on the specific pre-operative care of a patient undergoing discectomy

Scott M.W. Haufe, Anthony R. Mork: Prevalence of Discitis post Lumbar Endoscopic Discectomy. The Internet Journal of Spine Surgery. 2005. Volume 1 Number 1.
Results: 3 out of 109 patients developed discitis. 2 patients did not receive preoperative antibiotics and one patient did receive preoperative antibiotics. Conclusions: Discitis after lumbar endoscopic...

Culver City CA. Selective Endoscopic Discectomy(SED)™: Treating Patients, Not Just Lower Back Pain and Sciatica. Providing Relief of Pain for the People of Los Angeles and Southern California Lower Back pain and sciatica can be debilitative, affecting the patient physically, mentally and spiritually. By combining cutting edge orthopedic technology with a...

On February 22, 2008, at 10am EST, Dr. Noel Perin, an internationally known neurosurgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, who specializes in disorders of the spine, will perform a METRx Micro Endoscopic Discectomy to treat a herniated lumbar spinal disc, which can cause severe lower pack pain. The...

Specializing in adult and pediatric spinal disease. Lumbar Disc Replacement, Cervical Discectomy, Lumbar Fusion, Lumbar Discectomy, Scoliosis Garden City, New York, USA

In this SpineUniverse patient case presented by Dr. Michael Kaiser, neruosurgeon, Columbia University in New York, NY the patient underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C5-C6 and C6-C7 with PEEK/BMP interbody grafting and anterior plate stabilization. Dr. Gerard Girasole, orthopedic surgeon offers a case review.  Each...

Dr. Nitin Bhatia, a fellowship trained spine surgeon, serves as Director of the Spine Center and Chief of the Spinal Surgery Service in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Califoria, Irvine. Non-surgical treatments are utilized primarily, but when surgery is necessary, Dr. Bhatia uses state of the...

Deals with all aspects of spinal surgery: lumbar microdiscectomy, anterior and posterior spinal fusions, minimally-invasive spine surgery - Metrix system, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, minimally assisted spinal fusion system, kyphoplasty for osteoporotic compression fractures, conservative treatment such as epidural spinal injections, facet blocks and selective nerve blocks. Marrero, Louisiana, USA

Doctor Mocek's practice is dedicated solely to the care of the spine. He always strives to deliver medical excellence and compassionate care to all the patients entrusted to him. He utilizes the latest minimally invasive spine techniques to relieve pain. Arthroscopic discectomy, percutaneous nucleoplasty, IDET, and the Viking disc decompression...

Provides links to information about prevention and spine health maintenance (including back pain and osteoporosis). Links to fact sheets about specific conditions (including herniated discs, stenosis, discectomy, spinal fusion, and spinal injections). Links to new technologies (as artifical discs and electrothermal therapy).

After 20 years of spine experience in balancing and stabilization with fusion it is exciting to be on leading edge of motion preservation. In addition to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion;...

Definition Disk removal is one of the most common types of back surgery. Diskectomy (also called discectomy) is the removal of an intervertebral disk, the flexible plate that connects any two adjacent vertebrae in the spine. Intervertebral disks act as shock absorbers, protecting the brain and spinal cord from the impact... Expert

From Neurosurgical Focus Iatrogenic Spondylodiscitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature Posted 07/15/2004 Erol Taþdemiroðlu, M.D.; Ahmet Sengöz, M.D.; Erdem Bagatur, M.D. Abstract and Introduction Abstract Iatrogenic intervertebral disc space infection is encountered following microsurgical discectomy, percutaneous laser disc decompression, automated percutaneous lumbar nucleotomy operations, and discography. The purpose of...

I am a fellowship trained spine surgeon. I provide a full range of treatments for adult spinal disorders, including discectomy, fusion and/or instrumentation. Towson, Maryland, USA

We are specialised in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries. The PELD (Percutaneouse Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy) under local anaesthesia is the one which make the patient to get up and walk immediately after the procedure and patients are discharged within 24 hours. It leaves behind only a puncture mark and patients see... Patient Provider

On April 17 at 6 p.m., the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute will broadcast a cervical disc replacement procedure on the Internet. Sabatino Bianco, MD, Trinity Clinic Neurosurgeon and Director of the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute, will perform an FDA approved cervical disc arthroplasty and will be available via email to answer questions. Victor...

Wockhardt Center for Joint Replacement is an initiative of Wockhardt Hospital for Bone and Joint care specialty.
Joint Replacement Center at the Wockhardt Superspecialty Hospitals are  preferred destination for patients from USA,

UK and Canada because of the state of the art infrastructure and rich experience at this center for all...

We provide spine care excellence through cutting-edge technology and a caring touch. We believe in providing state-of-the-art spine care including microsurgery, discectomy, laminectomy, minimally invasive, artificial disk, motion-sparing technology, fusion, and kyphoplasty.
Bristol, TN, Tennessee, USA

Specialize in outpatient minimally-invasive procedures including endoscopic discectomy for any type of herniation. European center for disc prosthesis. Munich, Germany

Synonyms and related keywords: central stenosis, central canal stenosis, foraminal stenosis, intervertebral foramen stenosis, lateral gutter stenosis, lateral recess stenosis, stenosis, subarticular stenosis, subpedicular stenosis, spinal stenosis, neurogenic claudication, NC, lumbar spinal stenosis, LSS, neural compression, spinal canal narrowing, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, facet hypertrophy of cephalad vertebra, vertebral body osteophytosis,...