Long-term Outcomes Following Lumbar Microendoscopic Diskectomy and Microendoscopic Decompression: Minimum 10-year Follow-up Evaluation Performed Using a Patient-based Outcome Measure

Conclusion Clinical 1-year outcomes of MEDH were thought to be maintained for  > 10 years, and MEDS leads to the same clinical long-term outcomes with DS as without DS. Moreover, MEDH and MEDS were almost equally effective for  > 10 years not only in improving LBP, leg pain, and numbness but also especially in improving pain-related disorders, gait disturbance, and social life disturbance by detailed quality-of-life assessment using JOABPEQ. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery - October 2, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Aihara, Takato Endo, Kenji Suzuki, Hidekazu Sawaji, Yasunobu Urushibara, Makoto Matsuoka, Yuji Takamatsu, Taichiro Murata, Kazuma Kusakabe, Takuya Maekawa, Asato Ouchi, Juntaro Tags: Original Article Source Type: research