Author Interviews, CMAJ, Orthopedics, Surgical Research / 27.11.2014
Minimally Invasive Surgery May Not Be Best For Disc Removal
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Nat
han Evaniew MD
Division of Orthopaedics
McMaster University
Medical Research: What is the background for this study?
Dr. Evaniew: Symptomatic cervical and lumbar spinal disc diseases affect at least 5% of the population and they cause a great deal of pain, disability, social burden, and economic impact. For carefully selected patients that fail to improve with nonsurgical management, conventional open discectomy surgery often provides good or excellent results.
Minimally invasive techniques for discectomy surgery were introduced as alternatives that are potentially less destructive, but they require specialized equipment and expertise, and they may involve increased risks for technical complications.
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han Evaniew MD
Division of Orthopaedics
McMaster University
Medical Research: What is the background for this study?
Dr. Evaniew: Symptomatic cervical and lumbar spinal disc diseases affect at least 5% of the population and they cause a great deal of pain, disability, social burden, and economic impact. For carefully selected patients that fail to improve with nonsurgical management, conventional open discectomy surgery often provides good or excellent results.
Minimally invasive techniques for discectomy surgery were introduced as alternatives that are potentially less destructive, but they require specialized equipment and expertise, and they may involve increased risks for technical complications.
(more…)