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ID 115977
Title Alternative
Full-endoscopic disc cleaning surgery
Author
Maeda, Toru Tokushima University
Yagi, Kiyoshi Tokushima University
Kishima, Kazuya Tokushima University
Yamada, Yuji Tokushima University
Keywords
Type 1 Modic change
inflammation
Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes)
transforaminal full-endoscopic spinal surgery
disc cleaning
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
It has been reported that Modic change of the lumbar spine endplate includes three types: i.e. . edema or inflammation for type 1, fatty marrow change for type 2 and sclerotic change for type 3. Basically, type 1 Modic change may be related to the chronic low back pain. There are two kinds of the treatment for the type 1 Modic change to heal the pain : the anti-inflammatory drugs, and intra-discal injection of steroid. When the inflammatory change would be intractable, surgical intervention is needed. The gold standard for the surgical intervention is the segmental fusion of the affected level. The fusion surgery may cause the adjacent degeneration ; thus, motion preservation surgery is better, if possible. Our department started the motion preservation full-endoscopic intradiscal debridement surgery for this pathology, since some of the type 1 Modic change may be chronic discitis by P. Acnes. In this paper, we describe the first patient of type 1 Modic change who was successfully treated by the full-endoscopic intra-discal debridement and drainage under the local anesthesia. We named this procedure as transforaminal full-endoscopic disc cleaning surgery (FEDC). Finally, pathology, conservative and surgical intervention of Modic change was discussed.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Publisher
Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine
Volume
68
Issue
1-2
Start Page
1
End Page
5
Sort Key
1
Published Date
2021-02
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language
eng
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departments
Medical Sciences
University Hospital