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Percutaneous Posterolateral Decompression for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain of Discogenic Origin

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Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy

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Amongst the large range of potential etiologies concerning chronic low back pain, with or without temporary sciatica, there is one cause that seldom comes in mind: the discogenic origin of the pain. Since 1978 we have maintained that the overpressure inside the disc and the over-distension of the peridiscal ligamentous coats cause the local pain and are the source of the metameric painful reflexes. As a consequence, the logical treatment would be to decompress the disc by drilling a percutaneous lateral fenestration and a tunnel up to the nucleus for draining nuclear materials.

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  1. Rue de la Briqueterie 178, 6140, Fontaine-1′Evêque, Belgium

    A. Monteiro

  2. Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Hôpital de Jumet, 6000, Charleroi, Belgium

    G. Pieters

  3. Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Hôpital de Blois, 41000, Blois, France

    D. Gastambide

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  1. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Hindenburgdamm 30, 1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    H. Michael Mayer  & Mario Brock  & 

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Monteiro, A., Pieters, G., Gastambide, D. (1989). Percutaneous Posterolateral Decompression for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain of Discogenic Origin. In: Mayer, H.M., Brock, M. (eds) Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74679-6_14

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