Study Design. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objective. To give a systematic
overview of effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) …

OBJECTIVE Endoscopic discectomy (ED) has been advocated as a less-invasive alternative
to open microdiscectomy (OM) and tubular microdiscectomy (TM) for lumbar disc …

Objective To assess whether percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is
non-inferior to conventional open microdiscectomy in reduction of leg pain caused by …

Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with …

Study Design. Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective. To describe
the learning curve for percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) and …

The diversity among the current international practice patterns and the discrepancy between
the eminence-based medicine and the evidence-based medicine in the treatment of lumbar …

Introduction Lumbosacral radicular syndrome is often caused by a disc herniation. The
standard surgical technique to remove a disc herniation is open microdiscectomy. An …

Purpose In order to compare the outcomes of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic
discectomy (PTED) and open lumbar discectomy (OLD) for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) …

Background: Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) and
microendoscopic discectomy (MED) are alternative minimally invasive procedures for the …

Background and Objectives: To estimate the clinical outcomes of uniportal and biportal full-
endoscopic spine surgery for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disease (LDD), and to …