While the results of a recent randomized control trial comparing conservative care to percutaneous disc decompression for patients with painful herniated discs showed that both treatments provide ...
A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both ...
Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous coblation of the intervertebral disc for low back pain and sciatica. This involves using heat from an electrode to destroy the tissue. This guidance ...
Symptomatic herniation (prolapse) of a lumbar intravertebral disc is a common cause of chronic low back pain and sciatica. Disc herniation is a result of the protrusion of the nucleus pulposus through ...
Codes 22520, 22521 and 22522: These CPT codes were changed from a percutaneous vertebroplasty, 1 vertebral body, unilateral or bilateral injection; thoracic or lumbar and add-on code for an additional ...
December 4, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) — Minimally invasive percutaneous disc decompression trumped traditional conservative treatment for painful herniated discs in this first-ever randomized ...