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Fragment excision versus conventional disc removal in the microsurgical treatment of herniated lumbar disc

Acta Neurochirurgica volume 133, pages 107–111 (1995)Cite this article

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100 patients who had a lumbar microdiscectomy were retrospectively compared with 100 microsurgically treated patients who had only a removal of the herniated disc fragment. We were able to show that there are less “reherniations” in the fragment removal group and the clinical outcome is often better regarding postoperative problems of instability.

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Dedicated to our former teacher Prof. Fritz Loew, Chief-Editor emeritus of Acta Neurochirurgica.

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Faulhauer, K., Manicke, C. Fragment excision versus conventional disc removal in the microsurgical treatment of herniated lumbar disc. Acta neurochir 133, 107–111 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01420059

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Keywords

  • Lumbar disc surgery
  • fragment excision
  • conventional
  • disc removal
  • postoperative instability