Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression Compared to Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty

Figure 8

Case presentation regarding change of protruded disc volume after the SELD procedure. The 38-year-old man suffered from right leg pain with the protruded disc at L5/S1 level. After the SELD procedure, the volume of the protruded disc at the L5/S1 level decreased. (a) Preoperative sagittal T2 MR image; (b) preoperative axial T2 MR image; (c) postoperative sagittal T2 MR image; (d) postoperative axial T2 image. SELD = trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression; MR = magnetic resonance.

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