TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous cervical discectomy
T2 - retrospective comparison of two different techniques
AU - Ierardi, Anna Maria
AU - Carnevale, Aldo
AU - Cossu, Alberto
AU - Coppola, Andrea
AU - Fumarola, Enrico Maria
AU - Garanzini, Enrico
AU - Silipigni, Salvatore
AU - Magenta Biasina, Alberto
AU - Paolucci, Aldo
AU - Giganti, Melchiore
AU - Carrafiello, Gianpaolo
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Aim: To compare clinical success and patient satisfaction of percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty (PCN) and percutaneous cervical discectomy (PCD) in contained cervical disc herniation treatment. Materials and methods: We retrospectively identified 50 consecutive patients in our institution: 24 underwent the PCD treatment and 26 patients were treated by the PCN procedure. All patients complained of radicular pain with or without neck pain; diagnosis of contained cervical disc herniation was obtained by MRI; all patients had received conservative therapy which did not result in symptom improvement. Exclusion from our series consisted of patients who had undergone previous surgery at the indicated level, or those with myelopathy, or those in whom more than a sole herniation was treated in the same session. Overall procedure time, fluoroscopy time, radiation dose and complications were recorded. The MacNab scale score was used to assess clinical success in terms of pain relief at 2- and 6-month follow-up. After 4–6 months, a cervical MRI was obtained in 24 patients. Results: Neither major nor minor complications were reported. Regarding patient satisfaction, overall median modified MacNab score was excellent both at 2 and 6 months after treatment. No significant statistical difference was found in mean modified MacNab score at 2 and 6 months among patients grouped by treatment choice (p = 0.319 and 0.847, respectively); radiation dose was inferior in PCN group than in PCD, with no significant statistical difference. Conclusion: PCD and PCN were found to be safe and effective in terms of pain relief in contained cervical herniation treatment.
AB - Aim: To compare clinical success and patient satisfaction of percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty (PCN) and percutaneous cervical discectomy (PCD) in contained cervical disc herniation treatment. Materials and methods: We retrospectively identified 50 consecutive patients in our institution: 24 underwent the PCD treatment and 26 patients were treated by the PCN procedure. All patients complained of radicular pain with or without neck pain; diagnosis of contained cervical disc herniation was obtained by MRI; all patients had received conservative therapy which did not result in symptom improvement. Exclusion from our series consisted of patients who had undergone previous surgery at the indicated level, or those with myelopathy, or those in whom more than a sole herniation was treated in the same session. Overall procedure time, fluoroscopy time, radiation dose and complications were recorded. The MacNab scale score was used to assess clinical success in terms of pain relief at 2- and 6-month follow-up. After 4–6 months, a cervical MRI was obtained in 24 patients. Results: Neither major nor minor complications were reported. Regarding patient satisfaction, overall median modified MacNab score was excellent both at 2 and 6 months after treatment. No significant statistical difference was found in mean modified MacNab score at 2 and 6 months among patients grouped by treatment choice (p = 0.319 and 0.847, respectively); radiation dose was inferior in PCN group than in PCD, with no significant statistical difference. Conclusion: PCD and PCN were found to be safe and effective in terms of pain relief in contained cervical herniation treatment.
KW - Cervical disk herniation
KW - Discectomy
KW - Nucleoplasty
KW - Percutaneous
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U2 - 10.1007/s11547-020-01133-x
DO - 10.1007/s11547-020-01133-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079468149
VL - 125
SP - 569
EP - 577
JO - Radiologia Medica
JF - Radiologia Medica
SN - 0033-8362
IS - 6
ER -