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J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil · Jan 2011
Clinical TrialShort-term follow-up: micro-invasive therapy of the cervical herniated disk by percutaneous nucleotomy.
- Jens Timmermann, Markus Hahn, and Karlgeorg Krueger.
- Interventional Radiology Department, St.-Josef Hospital, Essen, Germany. j.timmermann@kkrh.de
- J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2011 Jan 1; 24 (2): 89-93.
AimThe purpose of this article is to present the clinical results of percutaneous nucleotomy treatment on patients with cervical disk herniation.MethodsPatients with long-term chronic pain due to either cervical prolapse or protrusion were recruited for cervical nucleotomy. The surgical procedures were performed between mid-2008 and the beginning of 2009. The purpose of the surgeries was to relieve radicular irritation and reduce the chronic, high level of pain by micro-technically withdrawing herniated nucleus pulposus tissue.ResultsAfter the percutaneous nucleotomy, the patients were hospitalized for an average of 3 to 4 days. In all complete documented cases (57.5%) the pain was substantially reduced.ConclusionCervical percutaneous nucleotomy is a promising alternative to traditional open disk surgery or to chemonucleolysis for herniated disks of the cervical spine.
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