Table 1.

Patients’ data in this study

Group	MED	Microdiscectomy	Open laminotomy
Number of cases	15	11	7
Gender
Male	6	8	5
Female	9	3	2
Age (Mean)	36.5	37.7	59.6
Age (Range)	25–60	20–58	49–72
Affected levels
L3/4		1
L4/5	8	7	6
L5/S	7	3	1