Operative Indications Techniques and Complications of Lumbar Disc Surgery
10.4055/jkoa.1982.17.3.553
- Author:
Jeong Wha CHU
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Recurrence;
Spinal Canal;
Zygapophyseal Joint
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1982;17(3):553-564
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
With a short survey of the indications for operative treatment of lumbar disc herniations the operative techniques for conventional classical posterior approach were described. Description of the “micro”-approach with a help of an operating microscope, treatment of recurrence and the procedure in cases with a narrow spinal canal, an enlarged facet joint, a narrowed intervertebral foramen and a lateral recess syndrome was additionally given. Short subchapters dealed with anesthesia, operative position, postoperative treatment and complications along with review of literatures.
