RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Far-lateral disk herniation: treatment by automated percutaneous diskectomy.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 865
OP 868
VO 11
IS 5
A1 Onik, G
A1 Maroon, J
A1 Shang, Y L
YR 1990
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/11/5/865.abstract
AB Automated percutaneous diskectomy has certain advantages over other surgical approaches to the treatment of far-lateral disk herniation; primarily, the procedure can be performed under local anesthesia without soft-tissue disruption. We describe four patients with far-lateral herniations who were successfully treated with the procedure.