Microdiscectomy surgery, also known as microdecompression surgery, is a surgical procedure used to get pressure off a lumbar nerve due to a herniated disc in your low back. The goal of the procedure ...

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited to the inpatient setting is well established. [6,7,8,9,10,11] Trends in spinal surgery towards less invasive approaches and ...

Senior Author: James D. Lin, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics (Spine Surgery), Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Spine Surgery Fellowship for the Mount Sinai Health System Bottom line: ...

Arthrex's technology allows surgeons to remove the herniated part of the disc through a single incision of less than one centimeter. Lumbar spine disc herniations were previously treated utilizing a ...