Full-endoscopic uniportal surgery with a new interlaminar and lateral transforaminal approach may replace open nucleotomy of sequestered disc prolapses as the choice treatment for lumbar disc ...

Our recent review on transforaminal endoscopic spinal surgery (TESS) identified 49 case series of this surgery, including more than 6,000 patients. 14 The outcomes for TESS compare favourably with ...

February 7, 2012 (Miami Beach, Florida) — A modified interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid injection, referred to as the parasagittal approach, can achieve better pain relief than a midline approach in ...

A facetectomy is a surgical procedure on the spine to remove one or both facet joints of a vertebra. Surgery aims to release pressure on a trapped nerve and reduce pain. Facets are bony protrusions ...

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) should be contraindicated under certain circumstances in the management of back pain, the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug ...

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...