Mao-de Bao, Boo-guo Gao, Yue-ping Wang, Guo-yuan Wang
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate mid-term clinical results of microendoscopic discectomy (MED) for the treatment of lumbar disc hermiation. METHODS: In the study, 117 patients were reviewed,including 63 male and 54 female, ranging in age from 24 to 72 years,with an average of 50.6 years. Among the patients, 60 patients had simple lumbar disc herniation, 10 patients had simple lateral crypt stenosis, 32 patients had lumbar disc herniation combined with lateral crypt stenosis, and 15 patients were combined with calcified nucleus pulposus...
August 2008: Zhongguo Gu Shang, China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology