Monteiro A, Lefèvre R, Pieters G, Wilmet E
General Hospital, Jumet, Belgium.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1989 Jan(238):56-63.
The posterolateral approach external to the vertebral canal allows decompression and the escape of disintegrating bits of abnormal nucleus pulposus. This simple, rapid, and least traumatic procedure is sufficient to relieve and to cure a significant number of patients (approximately 40%) suffering from intervertebral disc-related lumbar pain or sciatica. Among 225 patients with 338 discs operated on by the lateral decompression technique in the interval from 1978 to 1984, the overall results are encouraging.
椎管外后外侧入路可实现减压，并使退变的异常髓核碎片排出。这种简单、快速且创伤最小的手术足以缓解并治愈相当一部分（约40%）患有椎间盘相关腰痛或坐骨神经痛的患者。在1978年至1984年间采用外侧减压技术对225例患者的338个椎间盘进行手术治疗，总体结果令人鼓舞。
