Plasma radio-frequency–based diskectomy for treatment of cervical herniated nucleus pulposus: feasibility, safety, and preliminary clinical results

G Bonaldi, F Baruzzi, A Facchinetti… - American journal …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several techniques, including chymopapain, mechanical
aspiration, laser-based disk decompression, and endoscopic keyhole surgery, have been …

Plasma disc decompression for contained cervical disc herniation: a randomized, controlled trial

A Cesaroni, PV Nardi - European spine journal, 2010 - Springer
Prospective case series studies have shown that plasma disc decompression (PDD) using
the COBLATION SpineWand device (ArthroCare Corporation, Austin, TX) is effective for …

Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty vs. pulsed radio frequency of the dorsal root ganglion in patients with contained cervical disk herniation; a prospective …

W Halim, W van der Weegen, T Lim, JA Wullems… - Pain …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cervical neck pain is often caused by cervical disk pathology and may cause
severe symptoms and disability. Surgeons and patients are increasingly aware of …

Percutaneous cervical diskectomy: preliminary experience

G Bonaldi, G Minonzio, G Belloni, A Dorizzi… - Neuroradiology, 1994 - Springer
We assessed the feasibility of percutaneous treatment of a cervical herniated disc. In the
lumbar region, the surgical instrument for percutaneous diskectomy passes only through the …

Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty in the treatment of cervical disc herniation

J Li, D Yan, ZH Zhang - European spine journal, 2008 - Springer
Percutaneous disc decompression procedures have been performed in the past. Various
percutaneous techniques such as percutaneous discectomy, laser discectomy, and …

Factors predicting excellent outcome of percutaneous cervical discectomy: analysis of 111 consecutive cases

Y Ahn, SH Lee, SC Lee, SW Shin, SE Chung - Neuroradiology, 2004 - Springer
Percutaneous cervical discectomy (PCD) has been developed as an effective treatment
option for soft cervical disc herniation. However, no prognostic study of this procedure has …

Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty and percutaneous cervical discectomy treatments of the contained cervical disc herniation

D Yan, J Li, H Zhu, Z Zhang, L Duan - Archives of orthopaedic and trauma …, 2010 - Springer
Background There were no studies in literature to compare the clinical outcomes of
percutaneous nucleoplasty (PCN) and percutaneous cervical discectomy (PCD) in …

The long‐term efficacy and safety of percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty in patients with a contained herniated disk

W Halim, JA Wullems, T Lim, HA Aukes… - Pain …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty (PCN) is a safe and effective treatment in
symptomatic patients with contained cervical herniated disks. It provides simple and efficient …

Reviewer's comment concerning “Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty treatment in the cervical disc herniation”(Jian Li et al. MS-no: ESJO-D-08-00079R2)

HM Mayer - European Spine Journal, 2008 - Springer
The article of Jian Li et al. describes the clinical results in a series of 126 patients with
'contained'cervical disc herniations treated by percutaneous nucleoplasty. The principle of …

Treatment of cervical disc herniation through percutaneous minimally invasive techniques

B Yang, J Xie, B Yin, L Wang, S Fang, S Wan - European Spine Journal, 2014 - Springer
Purpose The goal of this study is to compare the therapeutic effectiveness of percutaneous
cervical discectomy, percutaneous cervical disc nucleoplasty, and a combination of the two …