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Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common cause of radicular pain with an annual incidence between 5 and 20 cases per 1000 adults. LDH is typically treated by microdiscectomy, of which more than 300,000 are performed in the United States each year. Despite this frequency, 25% to 33% of patients report poor surgical outcomes. This study sought to present a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent microdiscectomy surgery for the treatment of LDH with the aim of identifying demographic, historical, and surgical factors that may contribute to inadequate surgical results.
Sacks et al. (2024) studied this question.