A challenging playing field: Identifying the endogenous impediments to annulus fibrosus repair

AP Peredo, SE Gullbrand, RL Mauck, HE Smith - JOR spine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Intervertebral disc (IVD) herniations, caused by annulus fibrosus (AF) tears that enable disc
tissue extrusion beyond the disc space, are very prevalent, especially among adults in the …

Return to play after symptomatic lumbar disc herniation in elite athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of operative versus nonoperative treatment

P Sedrak, M Shahbaz, C Gohal, K Madden… - Sports …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Context: The prevalence of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in athletes can be as
high as 75%. For elite athletes diagnosed with LDH, return to play (RTP) is a major concern …

Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy: basic concepts and technical keys to clinical success

SG Lee, Y Ahn - International Journal of Spine Surgery, 2021 - ijssurgery.com
Background Open microdiscectomy is the gold standard surgical technique for radiculopathy
with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy (TELD) …

Postoperative recovery patterns following discectomy surgery in patients with lumbar radiculopathy

S Wang, JJ Hebert, E Abraham, A Vandewint… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This retrospective study of prospectively collected data aimed to identify unique pain and
disability trajectories in patients following lumbar discectomy surgery. Patients of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Microdiscectomy

TJ Dowling - 2020 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Outline the evaluation of patients for microdiscectomy. Review the surgical steps
in microdiscectomy. Summarize the complications of microdiscectomy. Describe the …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation: outcomes of the safe and simple midline approach

M Kaya, E Keskin, D Ceylan, T Kacira, ÖK Kacira - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Surgery for far lateral lumbar disc herniation (FLLDH) hernias is different than
surgery for median and paramedian disc hernias. Our study offers a minimally invasive …

Evaluation of clinical outcomes of 271 patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy in the light of literature

O Ozger, N Kaplan - 2020 - annalsmedres.org
Aim: Lumbar microdiscectomy (LMD) is considered as a gold standard surgical technique for
the treatment of patients with lumbar disc hernia (LDH) although various types of treatment …

Devices for minimally-invasive microdiscectomy: current status and future prospects

Y Ahn - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The current gold standard technique for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is open
lumbar microdiscectomy. The use of a tubular retractor system in the microdiscectomy …

Return-to-play outcomes of athletes after operative and nonoperative treatment of lumbar disc herniation

SB O'Connor, KJ Holmberg, JE Hammarstedt… - Current reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common injury experienced
by athletes and has important clinical considerations for athletes including the timing of …

Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy

Y Ahn - Core Techniques of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, 2023 - Springer
Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy (TELD) is an emerging alternative to open
microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). The published results of TELD are not …