Percutaneous treatment of gas-containing lumbar disc herniation. Report of two cases.

Righini, A; Lucchi, S; Reganati, P; Zavanone, M; Bettinelli, A · J Neurosurg · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A limited number of cases have been reported in which gas-containing lumbar disc herniation caused compression of nerve roots. The authors describe two patients in whom computerized tomography scanning revealed a large intraspinal gas collection that appeared to be causing nerve root compression and that was successfully evacuated by percutaneous needle aspiration.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy