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 ...

history of discitis Percutaneous endoscopic discectomy Contained or small noncontained disc herniation with radicular symptoms Severe motor deficits, codus or cauda equina syndrome, segmental ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Objective: This study aims to compare the clinical outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy (PETD) and ...

We assessed whether the use of a high dose of a proton-pump inhibitor would reduce the frequency of recurrent bleeding after endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers. Patients with actively ...

and previous discectomy at the same level with failed back syndrome. [18] Dr. Alleyne is Chief Resident and Dr. Rodts is Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Emory University ...

The large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrates that Nexpowder™ significantly reduces the risk of rebleeding following successful endoscopic hemostasis in patients with non ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I eat about 5-10 baby carrots four to six times a week and do not take vitamin A. Is this too much carrot intake? I heard a person can turn orange if they’re consuming too many ...

Intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex evokes tactile sensations, but those of individual electrodes are insufficient for functional tasks. We show that stimulating multiple ...

Endoscopy and colonoscopy are both minimally invasive procedures using similar tools. However, they have different purposes. Doctors use endoscopy in several tests throughout the body, but they ...

Spine Surgery Department, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China Background: Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) has become the preferred minimally invasive surgical ...