FULL-ENDOSCOPIC LUMBAR DISCECTOMY

Autor: Daniel Ferreira Ghedini, André Moreira Castilho, Rogério Lúcio Chaves de Resende, Jefferson Soares Leal, Túlio Vinícius de Oliveira Campos, Marco Antônio Percope de Andrade
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
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Zdroj: Coluna/Columna, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 306-309
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2177-014X
1808-1851
DOI: 10.1590/s1808-185120161504114455
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: Retrospective study of the functional outcome of patients with lumbar disc herniation who underwent full-endoscopic discectomy. Methods: Fifteen consecutive patients, 10 men and 5 women, mean age of 34.2 years, were evaluated at 15, 30, 90 and 180 days after surgery through the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaire and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of axial and lower limbs pain. Results: There was a significant improvement in ODI evaluation of patients when comparing the preoperative results with the third and sixth postoperative month (p
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