TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD procedure) A1 - Brown, Lora L A2 - Diwan, Sudhir A2 - Staats, Peter S. PY - 2015 T2 - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures AB - MILD (minimally invasive lumbar decompression) is an FDA cleared percutaneous, fluoroscopically guided procedure developed as a less destabilizing bone and tissue sparing alternative to more invasive surgical decompression options.The removal of hypertrophied ligamentum flavum tissue during the mild procedure creates spinal canal space, thereby reducing intraspinal pressures, relieving nerve compression and alleviating complaints associated with neurogenic claudication.The traditional treatment algorithm for spinal stenosis ranges from the least invasive conventional therapies to the most invasive surgeries with fusion (Figure 38-1). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107197853 ER -