J Korean Pain Soc.  2004 Dec;17(2):326-329. 10.3344/jkps.2004.17.2.326.

Percutaneous Decompression of Intervertebral Disc Using Dekompressor(R): A case report

• Kim DW
• Kim C
• Yea SH
• Kim SH
• Kim DW

• KMID: 2104884
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3344/jkps.2004.17.2.326

Abstract

Discogenic leg pain has traditionally been treated with conservative treatments or an open discectomy. However, an open discectomy is often associated with complications, and only plays limited roles in the management of painful, nonsurgical, contained disc herniations, where non-operative strategies also commonly fail. As a result, over the last 3 decades, a number of percutaneous intradiscal therapies have evolved, including chemonucleolysis, percutaneous nucleotomy, laser treatments and nucleoplasty, most of which were designed to reduce the intradiscal pressure. However, none of these therapies has allowed for the extraction of a quantifiable amount of nucleus pulposus. The evacuation and decompression of a herniated intervertebral disc by Dekompressor(R) , through an introducer cannula inserted dorsolaterally, represents a new concept in the treatment of radiculopathy associated with disc herniation. We report our experience using a Dekompressor(R) on a 66 years old male patient who had lumbar disc herniation and radicular pain. Percutaneous decompression of the intervertebral disc was successfully performed and the outcome was good.

Keyword

disc herniation; discectomy; nucleus pulposus; percutaneous decompression

MeSH Terms

Aged
Catheters
Decompression*
Diskectomy
Diskectomy, Percutaneous
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis
Intervertebral Disc*
Leg
Male
Radiculopathy