You may do just as well with a surgeon who is experienced with using a microscope as with an endoscope. It is also a minimally invasive technique, and will likely find more choices of surgeons that way. I personally had a microdiscectomy several years ago, and recovered quite nicely. If you're in Colorado, I could mail you names of surgeons near me that are well versed in minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques, including endoscopic surgery.

There's a nice article that discusses endoscopic techniques on spine universe (see http://www.spineuniverse.com/display...rticle240.html).

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