A Novel Approach to the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniations: Indications of Simple Discectomy and Posterior Transpedicular Dynamic Stabilization Based on Carragee Classification

<table>A large extruded fragment and noncontained disc herniation compress right S1 nerve root and cauda equina. Integrity of annulus fibrosus completely destroyed (Carragee Type II). The patient was operated on due to severe neurologic deficit and PTDS was applied to the patient after L5-S1 microdiscectomy and annular repair. </table>

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Figure 2: A Novel Approach to the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniations: Indications of Simple Discectomy and Posterior Transpedicular Dynamic Stabilization Based on Carragee Classification 

Figure 2 | A Novel Approach to the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniations: Indications of Simple Discectomy and Posterior Transpedicular Dynamic Stabilization Based on Carragee Classification 