STITCHLESS percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy: Are we moving towards day care discectomy procedure ?

Conclusion: Potential benefits of sPECD include safety as it is done under local anesthesia, smaller incision, short hospitalization, fewer complications, avoidance of fusion, preservation of segmental motion, preventing the adjacent segment degeneration, and avoidance of the risk related to the hardware (nonunion and pseudarthrosis). sPECD is an effective treatment modality for soft cervical disc herniation.
Source: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research