BACKGROUND Lumbar disc prolapse is a common problem and the current surgical standard for its treatment is a microsurgical discectomy. Microendoscopic discectomy (MED) is a minimally invasive spinal procedure being done successfully for prolapsed intervertebral disc disease. AIMS We report the technique, outcome and complications seen in 107 cases of prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc who u...

Introduction: Low back pain (LBP) is the most common health problem between men and women 20 50. Although LBP's exact origin remains unknown, it understood that degenerative damage to intervertebral disk (IVD) plays a central role in pathogenic mechanism leading pain. The study aims incidence, clinical features, presentations of lumbar disc prolapse outcome microdiscectomy for period 1 year pos...

Background Data: Recurrence of LDH has been reported in 5%–11% patients after conventional discectomy, and most these are usually treated with repeated discectomy through the same initial approach. Tubular microdiscectomy is an increasingly popular surgery for lumbar disc prolapse replaced open last decade. However, it requires more experience a steep learning curve, especially revision cases.

OBJECTIVE Lumbar foraminal or extraforaminal disc herniations (FEFDH) have unusual clinical features and higher incidence in elderly patients compared to usual intraspinal canal disc herniations. We evaluated the efficacy of microdiscectomy via paramedian approach for lumbar FEFDH in elderly patients over the age of 65. METHODS Retrospective study was performed in 68 patients over the age of ...

BACKGROUND Tubular discectomy compared with conventional microdiscectomy has been introduced to speed up the rate of recovery in patients with lumbar disc related sciatica, although similar results have been shown. The authors performed a subgroup analysis to investigate whether certain patients might benefit more from either two surgical treatments. METHODS A double-blinded randomised trial ...