Minimally invasive discectomy versus microdiscectomy/open discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

R. Rasouli, Mohammad; Rahimi‐Movaghar, Vafa; Shokraneh, Farhad; Moradi‐Lakeh, Maziar; Chou, Roger

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd010328.pub2

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Minimally invasive discectomy versus microdiscectomy/open discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Sep 4, 2014

Authors:

Mohammad R. Rasouli

Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar

Farhad Shokraneh

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Microdiscectomy or open discectomy (MD/OD) are the standard procedures for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation and they involve removal of the portion of the intervertebral disc compressing the nerve root or spinal cord (or both) with or without the aid of a headlight loupe or microscope ...

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Medicine

Sciatica

Discectomy

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