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ArticleMedicine2020

Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic discectomy and microendoscopic discectomy in treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: A protocol of cohort study.

Yabin Hu, Yong Zheng, Guangfu Chen, Wei Chen

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It carries an expression of concern. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yabin HuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Jiangsu.
Yong ZhengDepartment of Bone injury, Shaanxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi.
Guangfu ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Fuzhou Second Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Fujian.
Wei ChenDepartment of Spine Surgery, Fuzhou Second Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Fujian, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8350-7821
Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine · CNFuzhou Second Hospital · CNNanjing Second Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite some researchers have compared the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous endoscopic discectomy (PED) and microendoscopic discectomy (MD) for the lumbar disc herniation; however, they got conflicting outcomes in several variables. Therefore, our aim was to clarify whether PED produces less surgical trauma and better clinical results than MD.

methodsA single-center, retrospective cohort trial was conducted for the comparison of the safety and effectiveness between the MD and PED in the patients with lumbar disc herniation who received surgery from May 2016 to July 2018 in our hospital. The inclusion criteria for our investigation included:The follow-ups were performed 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the surgery. Numeric Rating Scale, Short-form 36, and Oswestry Disability Index, as well as complications were evaluated in our study. The software of SPSS Version 22.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY) was applied to analyze all the statistical data. When P is less than .05, the difference is significant in statistics.

resultsThis protocol will provide a solid theoretical basis for exploring which technique is better in treatment of lumbar disc herniation.

trial registrationThis protocol was registered in Research Registry (researchregistry6005).

Indexed as

Lumbar VertebraeCohort StudiesDiskectomy, PercutaneousEndoscopyHumansIntervertebral Disc DegenerationIntervertebral Disc Displacement

Identifiers

PMID33080722
PMCPMC7572032
OpenAlexW3094331404

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