Linical efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in elderly patients: a retrospective study

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 441
• Main Authors: Li, Hua, Ou, Yufu, Xie, Furong, Liang, Weiguo, Tian, Gang, Li, Hongyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 24.09.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Anesthesia; Back pain; Bone surgery; Calcification; Care and treatment; Classification; Decompression; Elderly; Elderly patients; Endoscopy; Hospitals; Immobilization; Interlaminar approach; Local anesthesia; Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS); Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical research; Orthopedics; Pain; Patients; Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD); Spinal stenosis; Spine (lumbar); Statistical analysis; Surgery; Transforaminal approach; Trauma; Vertebrae; China

Abstract Background Although percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) is increasingly being used to treat lumbar degenerative disease, the treatment of elderly patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) involves considerable uncertainty. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety a...