The specific features of surgery of herniated intervertebral disks
Biriuchkov, M.I.
Zhurnal Voprosy Neirokhirurgii Imeni N. N. Burdenko 4: 22-24; Discussion 24
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8817 PMID: 16404961 Document Number: 594936
In 200 patients with posterolateral and foraminal hernias, the sizes of intervertebral foramens were studied by anatomic methods and on the operating table. There was evidence for the effectiveness of controlled decompression of neurovascular formations with the optimum foremen-root ratio of 1.5-1.8:8.1. Outcomes of different procedures of the operation were comparatively analyzed. Controlled decompression exhibited its advantage in reducing poor outcomes to 1.6%.