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...

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...

background: intervertebral disc herniation is a major cause of low back pain. several treatment methods are available for lumbar disc herniation including chemonucleolysis, open surgery, nucleoplasty, laser disc decompression, and intradiscal electrothermal therapy. the high prevalence of lumbar disc herniation necessitates a minimally invasive yet effective treatment method. in this study, we ...

BACKGROUND Lumbar discectomy (LD) is one of the most common spinal surgical procedures. However, the remote effect of the cervical spine has seldom been discussed. The comparative incidence of cervical discectomy with or without a previous LD is an essential feature in predicting this effect. METHODS A cohort comparative study was conducted from the National Health Research Institute, Taiwan,...

BACKGROUND Lumbar disc surgery has come a long way since its fi rst description by Dandy in 1929. Evolving through the transdural approach and a laminectomy for the removal of a disc, it now surpasses the primal technique with essentially a minimally invasive procedure, an extradural approach without laminectomy. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to ascertain the effectiveness of Minim...

Objective: To observe the effect of percutaneous transforaminal lumbar spine endoscopic discectomy on lumbar disc herniation and its influence on indexes of oxidative stress. Methods: A total of 110 patients with lumbar disc herniation from May 2015 to May 2016 in our hospital were divided into control group (n=50) and study group (n=60) according to different surgical programs, with control gr...

OBJECTIVE Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) and microdiscectomy with the microscope endoscopic tubular retractor system(METRx-MD) are considered popular minimally invasive surgery (MIS) methods for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Many authors have also reported good clinical outcomes of these methods, but there are few comparative studies of them. This report compares th...

Introduction:  Since the introduction of lumbar microdiscectomy in the 1970's, many studies have attempted to compare the effectiveness of this method with that of standard open discectomy with conflicting results. This observational study is designed to compare the relative effectiveness of microdiscectomy (MD) with open discectomy (OD) for treating lumbar disc herniation, -within a large coho...

Vascular complications after lumbar discectomy are rarely seen. We present a unique and potentially life-threatening postoperative complication from this procedure. A 27-year-old man was admitted to our emergency vascular unit 1 day after a lumbar discectomy, during which a scalpel blade fragmented and a part was lost. Radiological images of the patient were performed and a broken scalpel blade...