The medical [[data]] of 27 [[patient]]s (16 men and 11 women; mean age: 40.9 years) who were operated on with the posterior [[endoscope]]-assisted [[cervical discectomy]] method was reviewed retrospectively. The mean follow-up was 35.1 months, and the patients were assessed with combined preoperative and postoperative [[visual analog scale]] ([[VAS]]), [[Prolo Functional Economic Outcome Rating scale]], MacNab scale, and clinical imaging.

The mean preoperative VAS level was 8.6 (range: 7-10), and mean Prolo score was 2.5 (range: 2-5). A postoperative assessment performed 1 week postsurgery found a mean VAS level of 2.1 (range: 0-4). At the final examination, the mean VAS level was 0.81 (range: 0-3), and the mean Prolo score was 4.5 (range: 3-5). The final MacNab scale scores were 62.9%, excellent; 25.9%, good; 7.4%, moderate; and 3.7%, poor.

Percutaneous endoscope-assisted cervical diskectomy is a suitable and effective treatment method for soft cervical disk herniation
((Karaoglu DG, Polat O, Uckun OM, Karadeniz R, Belen D, Dalgic A. Posterior Endoscope-Assisted Diskectomy Is an Effective Technique for Cervical Soft Disk Herniation. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2021 Jan 6. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709166. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33406534.))