Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objectives: We performed this meta-
analysis to evaluate whether endoscopic discectomy (ED) shows superiority compared with …

Purpose Assessing the benefits of surgical treatments for sciatica is critical for clinical and
policy decision-making. To compare minimally invasive (MI) and conventional …

Background: Remarkable advancements in endoscopic spinal surgery have led to
successful outcomes comparable to those of conventional open surgery. Large lumbar disc …

Existing studies on micro-endoscopic lumbar discectomy report similar outcomes to those of
open and microdiscectomy and conflicting results on complications. We designed a …

OBJECTIVE: We compared the intra-and postoperative differences, as well as the final
outcome of patients with herniated lumbar discs who underwent either open discectomy …

Study Design. A retrospective review involving 873 consecutive cases of lumbar disc
herniation treated by microendoscopic discectomy (MED) was conducted and a mean 28 …

Purpose This meta-analysis aims to compare the complication rates of discectomy/
microdiscectomy (OD/MD), microendoscopic discectomy (MED), percutaneous endoscopic …

Background The open microdiscectomy is the most common surgical procedure for the
decompression of radiculopathy caused by lumbar disk herniation. To date, a variety of …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to systematically compare the effectiveness and
safety of full-endoscopic discectomy (FED) and micro-endoscopic discectomy (MED) with …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to present a new endoscopic procedure, aiming to
achieve the success rate equivalent to microsurgical discectomy, while addressing the …