facet hypertrophy Percutaneous laser discectomy Same as standard microdiscectomy History of previous lumbar surgery, workman's compensation, stenosis, facet hypertrophy, free fragment Artificial ...

Alleyne CH, Rodts GE. Current and Future Approaches to Lumbar Disc Surgery (A Literature Review). MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 1(6 ...

of PTED compared with open microdiscectomy in patients with lumbar disc herniation.20 Results of the effectiveness analyses suggest that PTED is non–inferior to open microdiscectomy in leg pain ...

Focal degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine is broadly categorized into three clinical types ... A variety of operative procedures and approaches exists to deal with focal disc prolapse. Such ...

Published by The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, the research highlights the durability and effectiveness of the device in treating lumbar degenerative ... or had prior discectomy surgeries ...