Journal of Spine

Giancarlo Guizzardi

Publications

• Research Article
  Lumbar Herniated Disc Treated by Microdiscectomy Alone or Microdiscectomy Plus an Interlaminar Shock Absorbing Device: Retrospective Study with Minimum 3-Years Follow-Up
  Author(s): Olga Valeria Corriero, Riccardo Morichi, Alessandro Vagaggini, Lorenzo Paoli and Giancarlo GuizzardiOlga Valeria Corriero, Riccardo Morichi, Alessandro Vagaggini, Lorenzo Paoli and Giancarlo Guizzardi
  
  Introduction: The long-term results after surgery for symptomatic lumbar herniated disc have been found to have a low success rate in about one third of patients (30% to 40% according to different Authors) who report low back pain rather uncomfortable and restrictive. Nevertheless the long-term results have been scarcely investigated. The aim of this paper is to investigate the long-term results after surgery for lumbar herniated disc in two groups of patients receiving different surgical treatments. Material and method: A retrospective study has been performed, on a series of 89 consecutive patients, affected by lumbar herniated disc, receiving different surgical treatments: a simple microdiscectomy (Group A: 45 cases) or a microdiscectomy associated with the implantation of an interlaminar prosthesis (Group B:44 cases). General and clinica.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000159

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