microdiscectomy

The minimally invasive surgery, called a microdiscectomy, was meant to ease pressure on the pinched nerve.

News - chicagotribune.com 2011

She hooked up with Dr. Robert Bray in Los Angeles, who was performing a procedure known as microdiscectomy that reduced the recovery time.

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The mother of three began her comeback three years ago, but the back pain returned, and she underwent a microdiscectomy to correct the problem.

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We started our own company and I survived a microdiscectomy of my L5/S1 - all in the month of May.

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He was diagnosed with a herniated disk, and a microdiscectomy, in which a small portion of the bone is removed to relieve pressure on the nerve, was performed on Dec. 17.

latimes.com - News 2011

Webster had microdiscectomy surgery in Portland Sept. 28 -- his second such surgery on the same area in his spine in 13 months -- and is out indefinitely.

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He underwent this second microdiscectomy in late September and is aiming to be back early January.

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Peyton Manning was forced to have surgery on Thursday morning after diagnostic tests showed that the microdiscectomy he had undergone in May had not relieved the neck and arm issues that led to the procedure in the spring.

SI.com 2011

Manning's original microdiscectomy in May did not resolve the problem and after diagnostic tests on Monday and Tuesday, Manning and his doctors made the decision to have the more extensive fusion performed.

SI.com 2011

He underwent season-ending back surgery last June and has had five operations since Sept. 5, 2007, including two microdiscectomy surgeries in different spots in his back.

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