The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS in England, ...

Christian Yelich was in good spirits after undergoing a microdiscectomy, a procedure designed to alleviate pain and nerve issues in the patient's back. He did not, however, want to dig too deeply into ...

A recent meta-analysis found the breakthrough in spinal surgery revealing that augmenting minimally invasive procedures with regenerative growth factors can significantly improve postoperative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed lumbar microdiscectomy with a bone-anchored annular closure device for treatment of ...

The main aim of my PhD research was to provide high-quality evidence regarding the cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with conventional open ...

The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee has considered this procedure and NICE has now issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy. This has been issued for four weeks’ ...