The use of microsurgical intermuscular tubular approach for lumbar herniated disc surgery

Back pain is the fifth most common cause of hospitalization and the third most common reason for surgery. One of the technical improvements in herniated disc surgery is the tubular retractor system. Between 2019 and 2022 we operated on 112 patients with lumbar disc herniations using the tubular system. To analyze the results of treatment, the following parameters were studied: assessment of the functional state of the body; assessment of the severity of pain in the lumbar region and in the lower extremities; the duration of the operation and the features of the course of the postoperative period until discharge from the hospital.