[Nucleoplasty for treating disk herniation]
Department of Science and Technology - Brazilian Health Technology Assessment General Coordination (DECIT-CGATS)
Record ID 32011000478
Portuguese
Authors' objectives:
The primary reason for surgery of discal prolapse is to alleviate the irritation or compression of nervous root that occur due to herniated disc. The support to alternative surgical procedures has been given under absence of enough evidence based on clinical outcomes. The objective of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of nucleoplasty in the treatment of discal hernia.
Authors' recommendations:
Chemonucleolysis nucleoplasty is more effective and less invasive than placebo. On the other hand, it is less effective than surgical diskectomy. Patients carefully selected with sciatic pain due to disc prolapse seem to have more improvements in their acute crisis than in the conservative treatment. However, any positive or negative effect in the natural history of this disease is not clear.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2006
URL for published report:
http://portal2.saude.gov.br/rebrats/visao/estudo/detEstudo.cfm?codigo=303&evento=6&v=true
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Brazil
Contact
Organisation Name:
Coordenação-Geral de Fomento à Pesquisa e Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde, Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia
Contact Address:
Ministerio da Saude, Secretaria de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Insumos Estrategicos, Departamento de Ciencia e Tecnologia, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Edificio sede; bl "G" - 8 andar - SL 834, CEP: 70058-900, Brasilia, DF Brazil, Tel: +55 61 3315 3197 Fax: +55 61 3315 3850
Contact Name:
suzanne.jacob@saude.gov.br
Contact Email:
suzanne.jacob@saude.gov.br
Copyright:
Secretaria de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Insumos Estrategicos, Departamento de Ciencia e Tecnologia (DECIT-CGATS)
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