Open AccessOutcome of nucleoplasty in patients with radicular pain due to lumbar intervertebral disc herniation
Author(s) -
Sunny Ogbonnaya,
Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal,
Abdulla Qassim,
Michael O’Sullivan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.107288
Subject(s) - medicine , radicular pain , disc herniation , surgery , percutaneous , decompression , discectomy , lumbosacral joint , magnetic resonance imaging , lumbar disc herniation , low back pain , back pain , cohort , disc protrusion , lumbar , intervertebral disc , radiology , alternative medicine , pathology
Nucleoplasty (percutaneous lumbar disc decompression) is a minimally invasive procedure that utilizes radiofrequency energy as a treatment for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, against open microdiscectomy, which would be the mainstay treatment modality. The literature reports a favorable outcome in up to 77% of patients at 6 months.