Comparison of Outcomes of Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy and Open Lumbar Microdiscectomy for Young Adults: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study

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• 作者：Sang-Soak Ahn¹ ; ^{ahnsangsoak@hanmail.net" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sang-Hyeon Kim² ; Dong-Won Kim² ; Byung-Hun Lee³
• 关键词：Diskectomy ; Percutaneous ; Endoscopy ; Intervertebral disc displacement ; Young adult
• 刊名：World Neurosurgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：86
• 期：Complete
• 页码：250-258
• 全文大小：2732 K

文摘

There have been only a few studies on surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in young adults. In addition, previous studies do not provide detailed information on the surgical outcomes for young adults with LDH. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcome of transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) and open lumbar microdiscectomy for active, young adults (age 20–25 years).

Methods

We performed retrospective chart and radiography. The patients were divided into 2 groups according to the surgical methods. Group A included the patients who underwent transforaminal PELD, and Group B included the patients who underwent open lumbar microdiscectomy for LDH at L4/5. After we matched for several factors, 32 young patients in group A and 34 young patients in group B were analyzed. We compared the outcomes between the 2 groups in terms of clinical, radiologic, perioperative outcomes, and surgery-related complications.

Results

The clinical results for leg pain and radiologic results for decompression were the same in both groups. Most of complications in the PELD group occurred in the early phase. The recurrence rate and operation failure rate was no difference between the groups. The PELD brought significant advantages in the following areas: back pain, operation time, blood loss, hospital stay, and return-to-work.

Conclusions

Although a learning curve is needed in order to become familiar with PELD, PELD seemed to be a good choice for disc herniation in the lumbar spine for active, young adults.