The transition from microscopic to endoscopic: Spine surgery

Abstract

Background: Spine surgery is done traditionally as an open laminectomy or microscopic surgery. Endoscopic surgery started way back in 1973 when Parviz Kambin first described Kambin’s triangle. Then lot of developments were made in transforaminal spine surgery. Interlaminar endoscopic surgery was started in 1990 but became famous after 2010. Lot of developments and fine tuning in instrumentation have created a huge surge in endoscopic spine surgery from last decade. Here we discuss our experience with mono-portal endoscopic lumbar disc surgery and its outcome in patient satisfaction.