Lu Mao, Kun Wang, Weiye Zhu, Zi-Cong Shen, Xian-Jun Zhang, Zhi-Yang Xie, Pan Fan, Hang Shi, Bin Zhu, Lijun Li, Guanyi Liu, Yingqing Ren, Xiao-Tao Wu
OBJECTIVE: The reported date in the repeat surgical intervention for adolescent lumbar disc herniation (ALDH) after percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) was quite scarce. This study aims to introduce cases of repeat surgeries after PELD for ALDH and assess the incidence, chief causes, repeat surgery methods, and surgical outcomes of repeat surgeries after PELD for ALDH. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter observational study was conducted on patients undergoing repeat surgeries after PELD for ALDH at four tertiary referral hospitals from January 2014 through August 2022...
April 23, 2024: Orthopaedic Surgery