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SUBMITTER: Xu BS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584144 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Bao-Shan BS Liu Yue Y Xu Hai-Wei HW Yang Qiang Q Ma Xin-Long XL Hu Yong-Cheng YC
Orthopaedic surgery 20160501 2
The aim of this article is to introduce a technique for lumbar intervertebral fusion that incorporates mobile microendoscopic discectomy (MMED) for lumbar degenerative disc disease. Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion is frequently performed to treat degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine; however, the scope of such surgery and vision is limited by what the naked eye can see through the expanding channel system. To expand the visual scope and reduce trauma, we perform lu ...[more]