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Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Versus Microdiscectomy for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Pain, Disability, and Complication Rate—A Randomized Clinical Trial

GUILHERME MEYER, IVAN DIAS DA ROCHA, ALEXANDRE FOGAÇA CRISTANTE, RAPHAEL MARTUS MARCON, THIAGO PEREIRA COUTINHO, ALESSANDRO GONZALEZ TORELLI, PEDRO ARAUJO PETERSEN, OLAVO BIRAGHI LETAIF and TARCÍSIO ELOY PESSOA DE BARROS FILHO
International Journal of Spine Surgery February 2020, 14 (1) 72-78; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/7010

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    Endoscopic view of a right-side L5–S1 foraminal herniation. A: exiting nerve root; B: extruded disc fragment; C: flavum ligament on the dorsal limit of the foramen; D: foraminal fat.

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    Endoscopic view of the opening of the flavum ligament. A: flavum ligament; B: epidural fat beneath the flavum ligament.

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    Function as measured by the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) before and after surgery for herniated disc treatment in patients submitted to microdiscectomy (MD) or endoscopic discectomy (ED). Values are shown as the mean scores in each follow-up point. P > .05 for comparisons between the study groups.

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Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Versus Microdiscectomy for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Pain, Disability, and Complication Rate—A Randomized Clinical Trial
GUILHERME MEYER, IVAN DIAS DA ROCHA, ALEXANDRE FOGAÇA CRISTANTE, RAPHAEL MARTUS MARCON, THIAGO PEREIRA COUTINHO, ALESSANDRO GONZALEZ TORELLI, PEDRO ARAUJO PETERSEN, OLAVO BIRAGHI LETAIF, TARCÍSIO ELOY PESSOA DE BARROS FILHO
International Journal of Spine Surgery Feb 2020, 14 (1) 72-78; DOI: 10.14444/7010
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