Case Write-up #6: Low back pain - Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Vilela opined management of the disc required urgent discectomy. Dr. Vilela performed an excision of T12-L1 herniated disc using a transpedicular approach and stated, “It was a very difficult dissection and the disc was partially calcified and adherent to the anterior dura.” (Operative Report, Dr. Vilela, June 9, … ................
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