Microendoscopic Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation.

Comparison of the invasiveness of conventional discectomy and microendoscopic discectomy for lumbar disc herniation: Differences in the methods of approach

“…To date, various examinations have been conducted , including evaluation of inflammatory responses through postoperative blood sampling and pain evaluation using a visual analog scale . However, these evaluations have focused on the overall operative procedures, including disc removal operations, and to our knowledge, there has been no objective evaluation of the differences in invasiveness between these approaches to the vertebral arch.…”