Journal of spinal disorders & techniques
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J Spinal Disord Tech · Feb 2010
Clinical outcomes after microendoscopic discectomy for recurrent lumbar disc herniation.
Retrospective review of consecutive case series. ⋯ MED is a safe and effective surgical approach for the treatment of recurrent lumbar disc herniation. Standardized measures of outcome show that MED for recurrent herniation produces improvement in pain, disability, and functional health that is at least comparable with outcomes reported for conventional open microdiscectomy.
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J Spinal Disord Tech · Feb 2010
Role of major spine surgery using Kaneda anterior instrumentation for osteoporotic vertebral collapse.
A retrospective study. ⋯ The current study demonstrated the advantages of anterior spinal reconstruction in osteoporotic vertebral collapse: (1) safe and reliable decompression could be performed, and (2) 80% of patients were successfully treated with anterior spinal reconstruction alone. However, patients with multilevel corpectomies and/or severe osteoporosis highly required posterior reinforcement.