PTED study: design of a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) versus open microdiscectomy for patients with a symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

A Seiger; Pravesh Gadjradj; B.S. Harhangi; JLC van Susante; WC Peul; MW van Tulder; MR de Boer; SM Rubinstein

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018230

PTED study: design of a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) versus open microdiscectomy for patients with a symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

A Seiger, Pravesh Gadjradj, B.S. Harhangi, JLC van Susante, WC Peul, MW van Tulder, MR de Boer, SM Rubinstein

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Seiger, A., Gadjradj, P., Harhangi, B. S., van Susante, JLC., Peul, WC., van Tulder, MW., de Boer, MR., & Rubinstein, SM. (2017). PTED study: design of a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) versus open microdiscectomy for patients with a symptomatic lumbar disc herniation. BMJ Open, 7(12), Article e018230. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018230

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Seiger, A, Gadjradj, P, Harhangi, BS, van Susante, JLC, Peul, WC, van Tulder, MW, de Boer, MR & Rubinstein, SM 2017, 'PTED study: design of a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) versus open microdiscectomy for patients with a symptomatic lumbar disc herniation', BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 12, e018230. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018230

PTED study: design of a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) versus open microdiscectomy for patients with a symptomatic lumbar disc herniation. / Seiger, A; Gadjradj, Pravesh; Harhangi, B.S. et al.
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Seiger A, Gadjradj P, Harhangi BS, van Susante JLC, Peul WC, van Tulder MW et al. PTED study: design of a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) versus open microdiscectomy for patients with a symptomatic lumbar disc herniation. BMJ Open. 2017;7(12):e018230. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018230