REVIEW article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Orthopedic Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1593195
This article is part of the Research TopicMinimally Invasive Treatments for Lumbar Spine DisordersView all 16 articles
Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Comprehensive Review
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of Orthopedics, Chenggong District People’s Hospital,, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
- 2West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University, Xiamen City，Fujian Province, China
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Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common and frequent disease in orthopaedics, which seriously affects patients' physical and mental health as well as their daily life and work. There are various treatment methods for this condition, and different treatment plans should be adopted according to different situations. Traditional open surgery methods are relatively traumatic and have longer recovery times, while minimally invasive spine techniques have advantages such as smaller incisions, less bleeding, higher fusion rates, and faster recovery. This review summarizes the relevant literature on the application of minimally invasive techniques in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation in recent years, analyzes and compares the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches and endoscopic techniques, as well as reduction, decompression, and fusion effects. The aim is to provide reference for surgeons in selecting surgical procedures for the treatment of LDH.
Keywords: Lumbar disc herniation, Minimally invasive spine, Spinal endoscopy, Channel-assisted Techniques, surgical treatment
Received: 13 Mar 2025; Accepted: 03 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Lan, Cui, Zhou, Xiao and Xiong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Hongbo Xiong, Department of Orthopedics, Chenggong District People’s Hospital,, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
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