This study aims to examine the effect of Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression (PLDD) in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 58 patients who underwent PLDD (optical fiber inserted through an 18G needle, 8 …

2024年6月28日 · PLDD stands for Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression. This treatment has been performed since the 1980s and has a long history here. Many patients in Japan have received this treatment in the past. PLDD is reserved for disc herniation and is not applicable to cases where the disc is collapsed or has been worn down.

Percutaneous laser disk decompression (PLDD) is one of the so-called “minimally invasive” treatment modalities for contained lumbar disk herniation. The treatment is performed percutaneously, so morbidity is expected to be lower and convalescence period is postulated to be shorter than for conventional surgery.

Background and objective: Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) is a procedure in which herniated intervertebral discs are treated by reduction of intradiscal pressure through laser energy. This is introduced by a needle inserted into the nucleus pulposus under local anesthesia and fluoroscopic monitoring.

2024年8月26日 · Background: In recent years, minimally invasive treatment options for lumbar disc herniation, such as percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD), have been introduced to avoid more invasive surgical methods. Combining these minimally invasive approaches with nutraceuticals that are effective in neuroprotection and pain management may lead to ...

Targeted PLDD is an effective, minimally invasive, and safe technique for lumbar disc herniation, and this technique achieves better short-term postsurgical outcomes than traditional PLDD. Puncture-radiating pain is an important prognostic indicator for better short-term responses to …

Increasingly, pain management specialists (P-S) (e.g., anesthesiologists, radiologists, or physiatrists), who are not spinal surgeons, are performing percutaneous endoscopic laser diskectomy (PELD), percutaneous lumbar disc decompression (PLDD), and target percutaneous laser disc decompression (T-PLDD) in patients with minimal/mild disc ...

2012年7月1日 · PLDD is effective treatment for lumbar discogenic radicular pain, associated with only minimal discomfort to the patient. This minimally invasive technique is a valid alternative for those patients not responding to conservative medical treatment, allowing in many cases to obviate the need of spine surgery.

Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) is currently popular for this purpose. This study aims to evaluate the effect of PLDD on disability and pain reduction in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Methods: Thirty patients were enrolled in this study. Spinal nerve blocks were conducted by laser discectomy single stage injection of a ...

2009年5月13日 · We present the design of a randomized controlled trial, studying the cost-effectiveness of PLDD versus conventional open discectomy in patients with sciatica from lumbar disc herniation. The study is a randomized prospective multi-center trial, in which two treatment strategies are compared in a parallel group design.