Letter to the Editor. Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy versus microendoscopic discectomy
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Transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy.
BACKGROUND In this study we analyzed and presented our experience of performing transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (TPELD). METHODS A retrospective study of 142 TPELD was conducted on 134 consecutive patients from 2001 through 2005. The inclusion criteria for patients were those who had leg pain with or without low back pain and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that reve...
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Today, minimally invasive surgical approach in spinal surgery is increasingly becoming popular. Microdiscectomy has been gold standard since 1990. However, in certain centers endoscopic discectomy techniques started to be used. 13,14,21,22 Today, in East Asia, 30% of the discs are operated endoscopically. And this gives us the signals that the surgical method will change in the future. Transfor...
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BACKGROUND Full-endoscopic technique discectomy (FED) or microendoscopic discectomy (MED) are 2 widely used minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. However, there is insufficient literature regarding the differences between these 2 surgical procedures. OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical outcomes of 2 different minimally invasive methods--full-endoscopic techn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1547-5654
DOI: 10.3171/2018.4.spine18472