MA Basit1, Richa Sharma2* and Fayaz W Menon1
1Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Mannat Hospital, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, SLBSGMCH, India
*Corresponding Author: Richa Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, SLBSGMCH, India.
Received: February 18, 2020; Published: March 03, 2020
The aim of this trial was to compare TFED to conventional Microdiscectomy (Micro). The inclusion criteria were: patients of age between 20 - 60, a single level disc prolapse with exiting and/or traversing nerve root compression not responding to conservative therapy 80 patients, age 25 - 70 years, with single level lumbar prolapse and radiculopathy, were recruited. Functional improvements were maintained at 2 years in both groups with less ongoing pain after TFED.
Keywords: Lumbar Discectomy; Microdiscectomy; Transforaminal; Endoscopic Surgery
Citation: Richa Sharma., et al. “Comparative Study of Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy Versus Conventional Microdiscectomy”. Acta Scientific Paediatrics 3.4 (2020): 01-04.
Copyright: © 2020 Richa Sharma., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.