ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2018
The modified transforaminal endoscopic technique in treating intracanalicular combining foraminal and/or extraforaminal lumbar disc herniations.
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- Impact of sarcopenia on the clinical efficacy of delta large-channel endoscopic treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in older adults: a retrospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Minimally invasive far lateral tubular microdiscectomy: surgical technique and case series of 176 patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Article
- Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy via lateral superior articular process approach for treating far lateral lumbar disc herniation: a retrospective study and technical note.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- A Retrospective Comparative Study of Modified Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Discectomy and Open Lumbar Discectomy for Gluteal Pain Caused by Lumbar Disc Herniation.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Comparable effectiveness of transforaminal endoscopic spine system technique combined with selective nerve root block between far lateral lumbar disc herniation and central or paracentral herniation.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2022Article
- Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy for different types of lumbar disc herniation: A retrospective study.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
- Comparison of the application value of two commonly used minimally invasive spinal surgery in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo develop a modified transforaminal endoscopic spine system (TESSYS
methodsTwenty-three patients with ICFE-LDH underwent the modified TESSYS technique were enrolled. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to verify the reduction of herniated disc. Pre- and post-operative neurological functions were compared by visual analogue scale (VAS) score, Oswestry disability index (ODI) and the modified MacNab criteria. The technical safety was evaluated by surgical complications.
resultsMRI demonstrated reductions of disc herniations in 22 patients (95.7%) after surgeries. The VAS scores were significantly improved at 1 year follow-up (low back: P=0.001, lower limbs: P<0.001), as well as ODI scores (P<0.001). 22 patients had achieved excellent and good recovery postoperatively according to the modified MacNab criteria. One patient (4.3%) underwent a reoperation due to postoperative recurrence of disc herniation. Another patient complained postoperative causalgia in 8 weeks, the symptom alleviated after conservative treatment at 1 year follow-up (VAS: back, 3, lower limbs, 0; ODI: 20%). The incidence rate of surgical complication was 8.7%.
conclusionsThe modified TESSYS technique is a minimally-invasive, effective and safe surgery for treating ICFE-LDHs in selected patients.
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