Percutaneous Disk Interventions

Abstract Minimally invasive techniques can be a valuable alternative to traditional surgery with low cost, low risk of complications, high utility, and high reproducibility without preventing the surgery at later date if they should fail. All techniques can be performed under computed tomography or fluoroscopy guidance and under local anesthesia in outpatient surgery. All procedures can be performed at the cervical or lumbar level. The rationale for all percutaneous treatments is to reduce intradiskal pressure in different ways, creating the space required for retropulsion of the disk.