Journal of Spine

Ziad Ali Audat

Publications

• Research Article
  Treatment of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Prolapsed with Fragmentectomy, more than Ten Years Follow Up
  Author(s): Ziad Ali Audat, Ali Ahmad Al-Omari, Mohammed M Barbarawi, Ahmad Mohammad Radaideh, Mahmoud H Hajyousef, Yazan Abdulamjeed Haddad, Khaldoon M Alawneh, Mohammad Ahmad Abojelban and Mohammad Z AudatZiad Ali Audat, Ali Ahmad Al-Omari, Mohammed M Barbarawi, Ahmad Mohammad Radaideh, Mahmoud H Hajyousef, Yazan Abdulamjeed Haddad, Khaldoon M Alawneh, Mohammad Ahmad Abojelban and Mohammad Z Audat
  
  Background: Open lumbar discectomy is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the spine. Conventional microdiscectomy was developed to excise the herniated and non-herniated parts of the disc, but these results in early degeneration of the disc and spine instability. Fragmentectomy was developed to excise only the herniated disc part. Objectives: To evaluate the results of fragmentectomy and more than ten years follow up of 71 patients operated at our university hospital. Methods: Seventy one patients; 43 males and 28 females with age 17 and 63 (average 36.49) years; were operated for disc prolapsed at the lumbar area. All patients were operated by single surgeon and evaluated pre and post-surgery by many surgeons. Patients were followed up for more than 10 years (on discharge, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 years). Oswestry Disability Index and the Stanford Score were used to.. Read More»
  

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