If your surgeon recommends surgery for your herniated disc, microdiscectomy is one option. Other options may include a lumbar laminectomy, open discectomy, or lumbar fusion surgery. You should ...

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

Conventionally, microscopic surgery is the preferred method of removing a herniated disc and decompressing the nerve root.