Study: minimally-invasive sciatica treatment is no better than open surgery
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Tubular discectomy, a minimally-invasive approach to the surgical treatment of sciatica, is no better than the more common surgical technique, a study has concluded. The finding is bad news for Medtronic, whose METRx discectomy system is used to perform the procedure.
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