Minimally invasive surgical management of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: can the endoscope replace the microscope?
Abstract Background Degenerative lumbar spine pathologies such as spinal stenosis and disc herniation constitute the most common causes of back pain and radiculopathy. After the introduction of the operative microscope in the 1970s, microscopic discectomy has become the gold standard of treatment fo...
Main Authors: | Omar El Farouk Ahmed, Shafik Tahseen El Molla, Ahmad Mohamed El Sabaa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-09-01
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Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-022-00539-w |
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