284 top medical experts on Percutaneous Diskectomy across 33 countries and 13 U.S. states, including 116 MDs (Physicians). This is based on an objective analysis of their Scientific Publications, Clinical Trials, Medicare, and NIH Grants.

  1. Percutaneous Diskectomy: Percutaneous excision of a herniated or displaced intervertebral disc by posterolateral approach, always remaining outside the spinal canal. Percutaneous nucleotomy was first described by Hijikata in Japan in 1975. In 1985 Onik introduced automated percutaneous nucleotomy which consists in percutaneous aspiration of the nucleus pulposus. It is carried out under local anesthesia, thus reducing the surgical insult and requiring brief hospitalization, often performed on an outpatient basis. It appears to be a well-tolerated alternative to surgical diskectomy and chymopapain nucleolysis.
  2. Clinical guidelines are the recommended starting point to understand initial steps and current protocols in any disease or procedure:
  3. Broader Categories (#Experts): Diskectomy (2,092).
  4. Synonyms: Percutaneous Discectomy,  Percutaneous Nucleotomy


  

        

                    


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