RT Book, Section
A1 Brown, Lora L
A2 Diwan, Sudhir
A2 Staats, Peter S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107197853
T1 Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD procedure)
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=1107197853
RD 2024/04/19
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).