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 among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...

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