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Table 1 Previous case reports and treatment modalities for lumbar disc cysts

From: Treatment of gas-containing lumbar disc cysts via a combination of posterior and extraforaminal approaches in arthroscopic-assisted uni-portal spine surgery: a case report and literature review

Author

Year

Treatment Method

Outcome

Takeshima et al. [5]

2011

Conservative treatment

Spontaneous cyst regression

Kang et al. [9]

2008

CT-guided percutaneous aspiration

Symptom relief but recurrence

Koga et al. [10]

2003

CT-guided percutaneous aspiration with steroid injection

Symptom relief

Wang et al. [7]

2013

Microscopic cyst excision

Symptom relief

Zhu et al. [8]

2021

Endoscopic transforaminal cyst and disc excision

Symptom relief

An et al. [11]

2019

Unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) excision of extraforaminal cyst

Symptom relief