# Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy vs Microendoscopic Discectomy for Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation

> **NCT01997086** · PHASE4 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University** · enrollment: 125 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Lumbar Herniated Disc

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED)
- **PROCEDURE:** Microendoscopic discectomy (MED)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01997086
- **Lead sponsor:** Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2013-10
- **Primary completion:** 2023-08
- **Final completion:** 2023-08
- **Target enrollment:** 125 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-04-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01997086

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01997086, "Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy vs Microendoscopic Discectomy for Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01997086. Licensed CC0.

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