Research Article: Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Discectomy for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation with Different Migration Levels: A Retrospective Study
Introduction:
Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Discectomy (PETD) is a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation (LDH) in current clinical practice. The PETD uses the body’s natural bony channel, the foramenoplasty, as the surgical channel and removes the nucleus pulposus from the inside out under direct visualization, which has the advantages of being less invasive, more accurate, more efficacious, and faster recovery. , However, the learning curve of this procedure is steep, and the entry…
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