Microlumbar discectomy is one of the debatable topics of spine surgery. The most important question is “Can we decrease the unsatisfactory results with microsurgery?” If we lock at the literature, we can see the successful results with microsurgery. There is no doubt microsurgery helps some parameters such as short operation time, minimal tissue damage, short hospital stay and in many cases sho...

We present a case of an acute psoas muscle hematoma following percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy. A 60-year-old female who presented with far lateral lumbar disc herniation underwent endoscopic discectomy on the right side at the L4-5 level. On the second postoperative day, the patient complained of severe right flank and leg pain and her blood pressure decreased. A computed tomography s...

INTRODUCTION Lumbar discectomy constitutes the most common and probably easiest spine surgery but it is not without complications. The aim of this work is to report a case with total ureteral avulsion during lumbar discectomy due to careless advancement of the pituitary rongeur. METHODS A 59-year-old male presented with refractory left L5-S1 lumbar disc herniation. During the surgery, left si...

This study intended to investigate the safety and efficacy of microendoscopic discectomy system compared with anterior open approach in the treatment of odontoid fracture with cannulated screw internal fiation. Thirty-two patients (25 male and 7 female) were enrolled and randomly assigned to different treatments. 15 patients were treated with microendoscopic discectomy system (Group MED) and 17...

Lumbar microdiscectomy, which relies on the operating microscope for visualization, was first described in the late 1970s. This operation is considered the gold standard procedure for patients who require surgery for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation causing radiculopathy that has not improved with conservative measures. A new approach to the management of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, m...

Lumbar discectomy is the most common spinal procedure performed, and can be done on an outpatient basis. In this study, we want to compare the incidence of complications in patients undergoing single level lumbar discectomy between the inpatient and outpatient settings, to determine baseline 30-day complication rates, and to identify independent risk factors for complications. To achieve those,...

background: several prognostic factors exist influencing the outcome of surgical discectomy in the patients with lumbar disc herniation (ldh). the aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between severity of preoperative impaired ankle reflex and outcomes of lumbar discectomy in the patients with l5-s1 ldh. methods: we retrospectively evaluated 181 patients (108 male and 73 female) who...

Up to date the seasoned spine surgeon has many options for the treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy that range from muscle and motion preserving procedures to the well-known Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion and the Anterior Cervical Disk Replacement surgeries. We wish to present a brief review of the literature to address two minimally invasive and motion preserving techniques known as, C...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to perform a biomechanical comparison of changes on motion segments after minimally invasive percutaneous endoscopically discectomized and intact spine and to investigate the effects of endoscopic discectomy on the lumbar spine of the lamb. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten fresh-frozen lamb spines were used in this study. Percutaneous endoscopic discectomy was performed on...

BACKGROUND Back pain is one of the most common health problems for which physicians are consulted, and it can considerably decrease the quality of life of patients during a great part of their lives. OBJECTIVES Our study was designed for assessing the improvement in the quality of life of patients undergoing lumbar discectomy for chronic low back pain. PATIENTS AND METHODS We included 148 p...