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KMID : 1155520090040030203
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Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2009 Volume.4 No. 3 p.203 ~ p.207
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Nucleoplasty in a patient with cervical disc extrusion with radiating pain of an upper extremity
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Ro Ji-Yung
Oh Chung-Sik
Kim Ok-Sun
Woo Nam-Sik
Shin Hwa-Yong
Kim Duk-Kyung
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Abstract
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Conventional open discectomy is considered as the standard treatment for cervical disc herniation.However, open discectomy does not always yield a successful result.Nucleoplasty is a newly developed minimal invasive spinal surgery that uses the Coblation technique.The concept of Coblation involves the use of radiofrequency energy to ablate the nucleus pulposus tissue in a controlled approach leading to reduction of pressure on the nerve roots.Inclusion criteria for candidates for nucleoplasty include complaints of symptoms related to a contained herniated disc or focal protrusion.We describe here our experience with the use of nucleoplasty for a 49-year-old male patient with a cervical disc extrusion.Percutaneous decompression with nucleoplasty using the Coblation technique for the treatment of cervical disc extrusion was successfully performed with an excellent result.
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KEYWORD
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cervical, disc, nucleoplasty.
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