Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a surgery to reduce or eliminate chronic pain in the neck and back due to a problem with the discs. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF ...

It is a type of discectomy in which a surgeon cuts out a section of the spinal disk to relieve pressure on a nerve. A microdiscectomy is less traumatic than an open discectomy because it uses a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy may be a good alternative to open microdiscectomy for ...

The most commonly performed surgery for slipped disc is discectomy. There are many technical modifications to perform the ...

From Thursday's press release: Brooklyn Nets guard/forward Ben Simmons underwent a successful microscopic partial discectomy earlier today to alleviate the nerve impingement in his lower back.