Percutaneous lumbar discectomy is indicated in noncontained disc herniations. Transforaminal endoscopic microdiscectomy differs from other percutaneous discectomy procedures in that direct ...

Patients with lumbar disc herniation were screened for eligibility ... Therefore, PTED deserves to be included in the treatment armamentarium of sciatica. Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic ...

facet hypertrophy Percutaneous laser discectomy Same as standard microdiscectomy History of previous lumbar surgery, workman's compensation, stenosis, facet hypertrophy, free fragment Artificial ...