Study Design. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objective. To give a systematic
overview of effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) …

The utilization of indirect visualization during procedures has been increasingly replacing
traditional forms of direct visualization across many different surgical specialties. The …

Objective To assess whether percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is
non-inferior to conventional open microdiscectomy in reduction of leg pain caused by …

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

Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objectives: We performed this meta-
analysis to evaluate whether endoscopic discectomy (ED) shows superiority compared with …

Study Design: Retrospective study. Objectives: Unilateral biportal endoscopic surgery
(UBES) is a popular surgical method used to treat degenerative spinal diseases because of …

Introduction Endoscopic spine surgery techniques are minimally invasive alternatives to
conventional open surgery for degenerative spinal diseases. Clinical studies and meta …

Study Design. Single-center, multisurgeon, retrospective review. Objective. To evaluate the
timing of return to commonly performed activities following minimally invasive spine surgery …

Purpose Obesity is associated with increased surgical complexity and postoperative
complications in spine surgery. Minimally invasive procedures have been shown to lessen …

Background Open microdiscectomy is the gold standard surgical technique for radiculopathy
with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy (TELD) …