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Lateral disc herniation following percutaneous lumbar discectomy. A case report
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A case of lateral disc herniation in the lumbar spine which occurred soon after percutaneous discectomy is described. This is a rare complication, but in this patient it appeared that the extrusion occurred through the hole in the annulus made at the first operation.