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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Percutaneous laser disc decompression
    sub title: a practical guide
  name:
    name part: Choy, Daniel S. J.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2003
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xii, 239 pages) : illustrations (some color)
  abstract: This practical guide, beautifully illustrated with line drawings and images throughout, covers the basic science, laser physics, patient selection, diagnostic maneuvers and useful imaging methods of PLDD. In addition, step by step instructions are given on needle placement, how to enter difficult discs and delivery of laser energy. Also included are chapters on possible complications and how to manage them, when to consider a repeat procedure, as well as long term rehabilitation. Succeeding generations of specialists as they graduate from residency programs will benefit from this practical book. Physicians will have to be able to answer questions as well as learn the technique as the procedure continues to expand. As more patients become familiar with this minimally invasive technique, practitioners are likely to be inundated with patients seeking PLDD treatment for agonizing back pain.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Principles of Lasers -- Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Intervertebral Discs -- Familial Incidence of Disc Herniation -- Patient Selection -- The Neurological Examination -- The Role of Radiology in PLDD -- MRI of Lumbothoracic Spine Under Compression -- Initial Consultation and First Interview -- PLDD Procedure -- Complications of PLDD and Their Treatments -- Postoperative Physical Therapy -- Complicated Disc Herniations Responding to PLDD Decompression -- Unexpected Results in Patients Treated with PLDD Decompression -- Endoscopic Laser Foraminoplasty -- Role of Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression in the Treatment of Discogenic Back Pain -- Clinical Experience in 1884 PLDD in Years -- PLDD: A 10-year Follow-up of Clinical Data -- Index.
  note: editor, Daniel S.J. Choy.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk
    topic: Diseases
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk
    topic: Surgery
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk
    topic: Hernia
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk displacement
  subject:
    topic: Lasers in surgery
  subject:
    topic: Lasers in medicine
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral Disc Displacement
    topic: surgery
  subject:
    topic: Laser Therapy
    topic: methods
  subject:
    topic: Medicine & Public Health
  subject:
    topic: Interventional Radiology
  subject:
    topic: MEDICAL
    topic: Surgery
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk
    topic: Diseases
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk displacement
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk
    topic: Hernia
  subject:
    topic: Intervertebral disk
    topic: Surgery
  subject:
    topic: Lasers in medicine
  subject:
    topic: Lasers in surgery
  classification: RD771.I6 P469 2003eb
  classification: 617.5/6
  classification: 2004 A-087
  classification: WE 740 P429 2003
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Percutaneous laser disc decompression
    origin info:
      publisher: New York : Springer, ©2003
    identifier: (DLC) 2003042428
    identifier: (OCoLC)51543860
  identifier: 0387215425
  identifier: 9780387215426
  identifier: 038700260X
  identifier: 9780387002606
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 040708
    record change date: 20260422221951.2
    record identifier: in00003503348
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng