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Percutaneous Treatment of Cervical and Lumbar Disks

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Cervical pain and low back pain (LBP) with/ without radiculopathies are the most common spinal disorders. They are the leading cause of absence from work in “developed“ countries. Around 80% of adults suffer from LBP during their lifetime and 55% suffer from back pain associated with radicular syndrome [{cr1}]. The most common cause of LBP with classical irradiation along the nerve root course is disk herniation.

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Guarnieri, G., Bonetti, M., Muto, M., Andreula, C., Leonardi, M. (2013). Percutaneous Treatment of Cervical and Lumbar Disks. In: Muto, M. (eds) Interventional Neuroradiology of the Spine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2790-9_6

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