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Minimally invasive discectomy versus microdiscectomy/discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

Mohammad R. Rasouli, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, Farhad Shokraneh, Maziar Moradi‐Lakeh, Roger Chou

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This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To compare the effect of minimally invasive discectomy and microdiscectomy/discectomy on primary outcomes (i.e., pain, neurologic deficit, and functional outcome) in lumbar discopathy.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Discectomy, Diskectomy, Lumbar disc herniation, Surgery, Lumbar, Disc herniation, Anesthesia