Nucleus Pulposus Resorption Following a Paraspinal Hook‐Needle Intervention for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Case Report
Mengying Xiao, Zhengchao Cai, Hairui Zhu, Shuanglin Mou, Wensheng Zhu · 2026
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Description
Mengying Xiao and co-authors describe a 70-year-old woman whose slipped lumbar disc was treated with a hook-shaped needle worked beside the spine under local anaesthetic. She had lived with on-and-off back pain for more than ten years, then developed leg pain and numbness over two weeks. Scans showed herniations at two low levels plus a loose fragment pressing the nerve.
After the needle procedure her pain scores fell sharply, walking returned to normal, and leg strength recovered fully over follow-up. Later imaging showed the loose fragment had vanished, and no relapse appeared within a year. The authors are careful to note that such fragments often shrink on their own, so one case cannot prove the needle caused the change, and controlled trials would be needed.
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| CREATOR | Mengying Xiao, Zhengchao Cai, Hairui Zhu, Shuanglin Mou, Wensheng Zhu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30663 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |