Body Image and Cosmesis after Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy versus Conventional Open Microdiscectomy for Sciatica.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Randomized controlled trial.

Objective

Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) was introduced as a less invasive procedure to treat sciatica. Even though the PTED has a small scar size, it is unknown if PTED also leads to better scar-related patient-reported outcomes. Therefore, we aimed to compare scar-related outcomes between patients undergoing PTED vs open microdiscectomy.

Methods

Patients with at least 6 weeks of radiating leg pain were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to PTED or open microdiscectomy. Scar-related patient-reported outcomes were measured using the Body Image Score (BIS), Cosmesis Scale (CS) and a 0-10 numeric rating scale (NRS) on scar esthetic.

Results

Of the 530 included patients, 286 patients underwent PTED and 244

SUBMITTER: Gadjradj PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10802533 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature