Necessity of routinely performing foraminoplasty during percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy (PETD) for lumbar disc herniation.
Yiwei ZhaoSuomao YuanYonghao TianXinyu LiuPublished in: British journal of neurosurgery (2020)
Most of PETD procedure at L3-S1 levels could reach the therapeutic target without foraminoplasty. Due to anatomic characteristics of L5-S1, the foraminoplasty rate was much higher at L5-S1.