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The procedure is called Percutaneous Discectomy (PD), and is one of the most promising and least traumatic of all the available therapies for degenerative disc disease. It is performed under x-ray using local anesthetic (sometimes with light sedation), and is much less invasive than traditional surgical treatments.
