Minimally invasive surgery for lumbar microdiscectomy

“Minimally invasive surgery for lumbar microdiscectomy“ Jon Kimball MS, Andrew Yew, MD and Daniel C. Lu, MD, PhD Department of Neurosurgery, Ronald Reagan Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Symptomatic disc herniation is a common indication for spinal operations. The open microscopic discectomy has been the traditional method of addressing this pathology, but minimally invasive techniques are increasingly popular. Potential advantages of the MIS microdiscectomy approac