Open AccessMicroendoscopic discectomy for lumbar disc herniations
Author(s) -
Anand Patil,
Ashish Chugh,
Sarang Gotecha,
Megha Kotecha,
Prashant Punia,
Aditya Ashok,
Gaurav Amle
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_61_18
Subject(s) - medicine , discectomy , surgery , lumbar , lumbar disc herniation , anatomy
Lumbar disc herniation is one of the main causes of discogenic low back pain and reported to affect 60%-80% of people during their lifetime. The two main surgical modalities for intervertebral disc surgery are standard open discectomy and minimally invasive discectomy which include percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy and microendoscopic discectomy (MED). We report our experience with the same technique of MED to evaluate the efficacy of MED for lumbar disc pathology.