Open AccessNavigation-assisted extraforaminal lumbar disc microdiscectomy: Technical note
Author(s) -
Giovanni Federico Nicoletti,
Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana,
Bipin Chaurasia,
Giancarlo Ponzo,
Massimiliano Giuffrida,
Giuseppe Vasta,
Santino Ottavio Tomasi,
Francesca Graziano,
Salvatore Cicero,
Gianluca Scalia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine (print)
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_146_20
Subject(s) - medicine , neuronavigation , visual analogue scale , fluoroscopy , lumbar , radicular pain , surgery , microsurgery , radiology , resection
Extraforaminal lumbar disc herniation (ELDH) amounts of 7%-12% of all lumbar disc herniations. Although they have already been widely described, an optimal treatment is still under discussion in the literature.