Percutaneous excision of a herniated or displaced INTERVERTEBRAL DISC by posterolateral approach, always remaining outside the spinal canal. Percutaneous nucleotomy was first described by Hijikata in Japan in 1975. In 1985 Onik introduced automated percutaneous nucleotomy which consists in percutaneous aspiration of the nucleus pulposus. It is carried out under local anesthesia, thus reducing the surgical insult and requiring brief hospitalization, often performed on an outpatient basis. It appears to be a well-tolerated alternative to surgical diskectomy and chymopapain nucleolysis.

Descriptor ID	D017587
MeSH Number(s)	E04.555.200.200
Concept/Terms	Diskectomy, Percutaneous Diskectomy, Percutaneous Diskectomies, Percutaneous Percutaneous Diskectomies Percutaneous Diskectomy Discectomy, Percutaneous Discectomies, Percutaneous Percutaneous Discectomies Percutaneous Discectomy Nucleotomy, Percutaneous Nucleotomy, Percutaneous Nucleotomies, Percutaneous Percutaneous Nucleotomies Percutaneous Nucleotomy

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