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Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy and CT Discography

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Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy

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The diagnosis of free hernia remains the most difficult problem in percutaneous lumbar surgery. We thought we could obtain better results by using systematic CT discography (CTD) before percutaneous lumbar discectomy [2–4].

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Gastambide, D., Monteiro, A., Pieters, G., Garnier, J.C., Benardeau, T., Maillard, R. (1989). Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy and CT Discography. In: Mayer, H.M., Brock, M. (eds) Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74679-6_15

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