Background Long-term postdiscectomy degenerative disc disease and low back pain is a
well-recognized disorder; however, its patient-centered characterization and quantification …

OBJECTIVE: It remains unknown whether aggressive disc removal with curettage or limited
removal of disc fragment alone with little disc invasion provides a better outcome for the …

Study Design. Prospective cohort study. Objective. We performed a prospective cohort study
with standardized postoperative lumbar imaging every 3 months for a year then annually to …

Study Design: Narrative review. Objectives: To identify the risk factors and surgical
management for recurrent lumbar disc herniation using a systematic review of available …

Minimally invasive spine procedures have undergone rapid development during the last
decade. Efforts to decrease muscle crush injuries during prolonged retraction, avoid …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: It remains unknown whether aggressive disc removal with
curettage versus conservative removal of a disc fragment with little disc invasion provides a …

Study Design: A prospective cohort study. Objective: To evaluate whether an annular
closure device could be implanted safely to reduce same-level recurrent disk herniation, or …

Study Design. This is a prospective cohort study with serial imaging. Objective. We set out to
determine the incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic same-level recurrent disc …

Background: Microendoscopic discectomy (MED) and percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic discectomy (PTED) are 2 of the most popular minimally invasive spinal surgery …

A Prospective randomised controlled study was done to determine statistical difference
between the standard microsurgical discotomy (MC) and a minimally invasive microscopic …