Unlike the other approaches to lumbar disc surgery, laparoscopic discectomy has the advantage that extruded, and even some migrated fragments can be removed. Criteria for stereotactic lumbar ...

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

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 ...

In a brief statement on social media, Woods described it as a microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve ...

In some situations, in addition to discectomy, a vertebral fusion procedure is also required. Although the fine details of surgical technique are beyond the scope of this paper, two cases have been ...

In a brief statement on social media, Woods described it as a microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve ...