Journal of Spine

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Minimally Invasive Spine Center, PLA Navy General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China

Publications

• Research Article   
  Endoscopic Foraminoplasty and Neuro-Ventral Decompression for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation Combining with Lateral Recess Stenosis
  Author(s): Zhang Jian-Jun, Cui Hong-Peng, Ding Yu*, Fu Ben-Sheng, Zhu Kai and Lu Zheng-Cao
  
  Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and clinical effect of endoscopic foraminoplasty and neuro-ventral decompression for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation combining with lateral recess stenosis. Method: From June 2015 to August 2016, thirty patients with typical radicular symptoms and neurogenic intermittent claudication were treated. There were 17 cases with lumbar disc herniation with lateral recess stenosis at L4/L5 and 13 cases at L5/S1. The mean course of disease was 10.6 ± 6.1 months. The preoperative and postoperative visual analogue scales (VAS) were used to assess the intensity of pain. The outcomes were evaluated by Oswestry disability index (ODI) and Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scores (JOA). Clinical signs were observed and compared before and after the operation. These patients had under.. Read More»
  

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