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. 2023 Aug 15;29:e939844-1–e939844-10. doi: 10.12659/MSM.939844

Figure 5.

Figure 5

A 57-year-old man with severe right leg radiating pain for 6 months. (A, B) Preoperative MRI scan shows the segment of lumbar disc herniation at L4–L5 (red arrow). (C, D) The working channels of transforaminal approach during the first PELD. (E, F) MRI reexamination at 1 month after the first PELD. The red arrow indicates residual intervertebral disc tissue. (G, H) The working channels of interlaminar approach. (I, J) MRI reexamination showed the dural sac was well-filled and there was no compression of nerve roots after reoperation (red arrow).