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Microdiscectomy allows the surgeon good visualization and is less traumatic to the involved tissues. Interestingly, the results of this study indicated that microsurgery does not reduce hospitalization time, nor does it improve the overall surgery-related outcome. The main differences between the two procedures were length of the incision and operative time. The author found that lumbar microdiscectomy allows patients earlier return to work and/or normal life with less reliance on postoperative narcotic analgesic agents. |
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