Percutaneous treatment of gas-containing lumbar disc herniation. Report of two cases

J Neurosurg. 1999 Jul;91(1 Suppl):133-6. doi: 10.3171/spi.1999.91.1.0133.

Abstract

A limited number of cases have been reported in which gas-containing lumbar disc herniation caused compression of nerve roots. The authors describe two patients in whom computerized tomography scanning revealed a large intraspinal gas collection that appeared to be causing nerve root compression and that was successfully evacuated by percutaneous needle aspiration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gases*
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnostic imaging
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / therapy*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae* / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Needles
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology
  • Spinal Nerve Roots / pathology
  • Suction / instrumentation
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Gases