Pain physician
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Full-endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (FEID) is widely applied for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and satisfactory short-term outcomes have been achieved. However, the long-term evaluation for this technique is still lacking, especially the comparison between FEID and microendoscopic discectomy (MED). ⋯ The application of FEID achieved similar satisfactory long-term clinical outcomes for the surgical treatment of LDH as MED. However, compared with MED, FEID exhibits advantages including less operation time, shorter hospital stay, and faster postoperative recovery.Key words: Lumbar disc herniation, full-endoscopic interlaminar discectomy, microendoscopic disectomy, long-term.