Clinical Experience in 2088 Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression Procedures

Comparison of Results of 500 Microdiscectomies and 500 Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression Procedures for Lumbar Disc Herniation

“…The author, a neurosurgeon, began his experience in the treatment of lumbar herniated discs using microdiscectomy, according to the Caspar technique 15 years ago, and using PLDD, according to the Choy technique, 3 years ago. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The neurosurgical point of view regarding disc surgery is that microsurgery continues to be the better treatment for patients for discogenic pain. There is a consensus that microdiscectomy has improved outcome results and, from the beginning, has been of paramount importance in the treatment of disc hernias.…”

“…Microdiscectomy, which began nearly 30 years ago, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] was the first minimally invasive surgical approach for herniated discs. Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD), which began 20 years ago, 4 represents an even less invasive surgical technique for discogenic pain caused by protrusion or herniation of the intervertebral disc.…”