RT Book, Section
A1 Bakshi, Sanjay
A1 Abrahamsen, Gerard W.
A2 Diwan, Sudhir
A2 Staats, Peter S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107197504
T1 Percutaneous Disc Decompressions
T2 Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071738767
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107197504
RD 2024/04/25
AB Percutaneous  disc  decompression  (PDD)  is  a  minimally  invasive  procedure  performed  under  fluoroscopic  guidance  for  the  treatment  of  lower  back  with  or  without  radiation  to  the  lower  extremities  secondary  to  a  lumbar  herniated  nucleus  propulsus.  There  are  many  different  techniques  described  for  performing  PDD.  These  include  chemonucleolysis  using  chymopapain,  automated  percutaneous  lumbar  decompression  (APLD)  using  a  nucleotome,  percutaneous  discectomy,  laser  discectomy,  nucleoplasty,  and  dekompressor.1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  and  12  The  primary  goal  of  all  of  these  procedures  is  to  reduce  pressure  in  the  disc  and  remove  disc  material.