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BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) represents a major development in spinal tumor surgery. However, considering that many intradural lesions compromise multiple spinal segments, MISS has certain limitations. Thus, some intraspinal lesions still require traditional approaches. Because laminectomy has been shown to predispose patients to kyphosis, laminoplasty and hemilaminectomy are the most widely used approaches to preserve the posterior tension band (PTB). However, these techniques are not devoid of complications. To overcome these issues, the authors modified a previously described technique to preserve the PTB while removing various types of intradural lesions. This procedure was originally designed to treat lumbar stenosis and was modified to avoid muscle ischemia during long procedures. OBSERVATIONS: Between 2014 and 2021, the authors found 17 cases of spinal lesions with a minimum of 2 years of follow-up after surgical treatment using their approach. No significant postoperative changes in the paraspinal Goutallier grade or spinal angles were observed. The cross-sectional area of the measured paraspinal muscles decreased 6% postoperatively. By performing certain technical modifications in this PTB-sparing (PBS) laminectomy, the authors avoided ipsilateral muscle ischemia. LESSONS: In this initial series, PBS laminectomy proved to be a safe, versatile, inexpensive, and reliable technique to remove intraspinal lesions.
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La Discectomía Percutánea Endoscópica Lumbar es una técnica mínimamente invasiva para el tratamiento de las hernias discales lumbares con resultados comparables a la microdiscectomía lumbar. La principal complicación, los fragmentos discales remanentes, son en gran parte producidos por la limitación de movimiento del endoscopio una vez realizada la punción. Presentamos una nota técnica y aplicación en un caso ejemplo de lo que hemos llamado "libre flotación foraminal": un acceso al espacio epidural por vía transforaminal que mantiene la libertad de movimiento y permite una exploración endoscópica en busca de fragmentos remanentes.
Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy is a minimally-invasive surgical approach for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, with outcomes similar to open micro-discectomy. The main complication residual disc fragments is largely caused by a rigid endoscopic trajectory once the puncture has been made. We present a technical note of a surgery performed in a patient who underwent what we have called a "free foraminal flotation technique": accessing the epidural space through a transforaminal approach that maintains freedom of movement and allows for endoscopic exploration to locate residual disc fragments.
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Humanos , Hérnia , Discotomia Percutânea , Discotomia , Região LombossacralRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Craniocervical junction pathology is infrequent in daily neurosurgical practice. In general, most of these lesions are of traumatic or rheumatic origin. Atlantoaxial instability of inflammatory origin (Grisel syndrome) is a rare entity of which only 16 adult cases have been reported in the literature. This pathology is characterized by the development of an osteolytic lesion at the level of the atlantoaxial joint after an infectious event, usually of the upper airways. CASE DESCRIPTION: We present the case of a 76-year-old patient who attended our office for clinical symptoms of spinal instability secondary to an osteolytic lesion, with involvement of C1 and C2. The symptomatology began after an infectious respiratory process. A posterior cervical occiput fixation and an endoscopic transnasal odontoidectomy with anterior decompression were performed. The patient evolved with complete resolution of symptoms. The cultures were negative, and the pathological anatomy study concluded nonspecific inflammatory changes. CONCLUSION: Until a few years ago, the only option to address this pathology was the transoral pathway with microsurgical technique. Nowadays, endoscopy offers many technical advantages. This is an option to be considered when planning approaches to craniocervical junction.
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Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of intraoperative monitoring with transcranial Doppler during the carotid endarterectomy. Description: In the last two years we performed 15 carotid endarterectomies with transcranial doppler intraoperative monitoring. In all case we didnt use a shunt during the procedure based on the monitoring results. Results: All patients recovered without any neurological deficit. Conclusions: Intraoperative monitoring with transcranial Doppler seems to be a good method to determinate the use or not of a shunt during the procedure.
