%0 Journal Article
%T Does Preservation of Ligamentum Flavum in Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Interlaminar Discectomy Improve Clinical Outcomes?
%A Calvin C. Kuo
%A Chang-Hyun Lee
%A Chi Heon Kim
%A Chun Kee Chung
%A Kyoung-Tae Kim
%A Seung Heon Yang
%A Sung Bae Park
%A Urim Lee
%A Yunhee Choi
%J Archive of "Neurospine".
%D 2019
%R 10.14245/ns.1938008.004
%X Ligamentum flavum (LF) is an important anatomical structure for prevention of postoperative adhesions, but the opening of LF is necessary for percutaneous endoscopic lumbar interlaminar discectomy (PEID). Although the defect in LF is small with conventional PEID, the defect could be minimized with LF splitting technique. The objective of this study was to compare clinical outcomes of PEID with opening of LF versus splitting of LF
%K Ligamentum flavum
%K Operation
%K Outcomes
%K Percutaneous discectomy
%K Spine
%K lumbar disc herniation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6449832/