CT-Guided Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression for Lumbar Discogenic Radiculopathy-Performance of a Novel Combi-Therapy.
George Asafu Adjaye FrimpongEvans AboagyeAkosua Asafu-Adjaye FrimpongNana Esi ColemanPierre AmankwahAto QuansahPublished in: Lasers in surgery and medicine (2019)
Findings from this initial experience using a combi-therapy of CT-guided PLDD and CT-guided epidural nerve block have shown the benefits of this novel approach, offering significant immediate pain relief in the post-procedural phase, favorable outcomes in the short to mid-term and a significantly reduced rate of re-surgery (7%) compared with the use of only CT-guided PLDD. Lasers Surg Med 00:1-5, 2019. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- chronic pain
- magnetic resonance imaging
- adipose tissue
- stem cells
- neuropathic pain
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- mass spectrometry
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- skeletal muscle
- glycemic control