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01-10-2010 | CIRSE Guidelines

Standards of Practice: Quality Assurance Guidelines for Percutaneous Treatments of Intervertebral Discs

Authors: Alexis D. Kelekis, Dimitris K. Filippiadis, Jean-Baptiste Martin, Elias Brountzos

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 5/2010

Abstract

Percutaneous treatments are used in the therapy of small- to medium-sized hernias of intervertebral discs to reduce the intradiscal pressure in the nucleus and theoretically create space for the herniated fragment to implode inward, thus reducing pain and improving mobility and quality of life. These techniques involve the percutaneous removal of the nucleus pulposus by using a variety of chemical, thermal, or mechanical techniques and consist of removal of all or part of nucleus pulposus to induce more rapid healing of the abnormal lumbar disc. These guidelines are written to be used in quality improvement programs for assessing fluoroscopy- and/or computed tomography-guided percutaneous intervertebral disc ablative techniques.

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Title: Standards of Practice: Quality Assurance Guidelines for Percutaneous Treatments of Intervertebral Discs
Authors: Alexis D. Kelekis
Dimitris K. Filippiadis
Jean-Baptiste Martin
Elias Brountzos
Publication date: 01-10-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-010-9952-5

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