Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is an alternative minimally invasive technique for the treatment of lumbosacral radicular syndrome resulting from lumbar disc herniation. The latter performed with help local anesthesia and sedation in awake patient advantage direct feedback. Access to target lateral follows a safe trajectory through Kambin triangle. main advantages this ...

The procedure of posterior endoscopic discectomy (PED) is an attempt to allow for a standard familiar microsurgical discectomy to be performed using standard microsurgical techniques via a minimally invasive approach. The aim of this study was to evaluate our results with PED for lumbar disc herniation and to assess the advantages, disadvantages and clinical outcomes of the technique. Between F...

AIM To determine the efficacy, safety, and clinical value of a novel surgical procedure involving the blunt perforation of the ligamentum flavum (LF) during endoscopic interlaminar lumbar discectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a prospective study of 50 patients (27 males, 17-51 years of age) undergoing lumbar discectomy for single segment L4/L5 or L5/S1 disk herniation were grouped into th...

Background: Controversy continues in regarding with the treatment options for lumbar disc herniation (LDH), including conventional discectomy (CD) and percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD). The present meta-analysis aims to compare the efficacy and safety of CD and PELD in the surgical treatment of LDH. Methods: The Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, and EMBASE databases...