TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2019-3-108
TI - Posterior Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Diskectomy as a treatment for cervical radiculopathy
AU -  Zha , Dingsheng
AU - Fernando Cardoso , Gomes
AU - Hao , Wu
AU - Lek Hang , Cheang
AU - Shijun , Chen
AU - Wuyan , Xu
AU - Yaqi , Li
AU - Zhen , Lin
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2019
DA - Thu 20, Jun 2019
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2019.03.08
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/posterior-percutaneous-endoscopic-cervical-diskectomy-as-a-treatment-for-cervical-radiculopathy_SCR-2019-3-108 
KW - cervical radiculopathy, endoscopic technique, posterior percutaneous endoscopic, cervical diskectomy
AB - Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the gold standard treatment for patients with cervical
radiculopathy. However, the use of ACDF for patients with cervical radiculopathy can result in several
disadvantages, such as limitation of motion and accelerating degeneration of adjacent segment. An
alternative, less invasive endoscopic technique, posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical diskectomy (PPECD), was applied to address the above problems associated with ACDF. The patient presented with pain
and weakness of the left arm for 2 years. P-PECD was applied and complete decompression of the nerve
root was achieved. The symptoms were relieved after surgery. Postoperative MR showed the ruptured disk
fragment was successful removed. No spinal instability or symptom relapse was observed in follow-up. PPECD may be an option for patients with cervical radiculopathy