Abstract:Objective: To explore the risk factors of the efficacy of Transforaminal Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy (TPED) in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Methods: This was a retrospectively study. 400 LDH patients treated with TPED from January 2016 to July 2017 were enrolled. All patients were followed up for 12 months and divided into group G and B according to the modified MacNab criteria. The clinical parameters of age, gender, body mass index (BMI), history of lumbar trauma, course of disease, symptoms, segments, Pfirrmann disc degeneration grade, spinal canal morphology, protrusion calcification and lumbar instability were collected for univariate analysis. Logistic analysis was performed on the parameters with statistical significance in univariate analysis. Results: Among the 400 LDH patients, 368 patients in G group, and 32 parients in B group. Univariate analysis showed that the course of disease, symptoms, spinal canal morphology and protrusion calcification had statistical significance. Logistic analysis showed that the course of disease (OR=2.500, P=0.022), symptoms (OR=4.478, P=0.000), spinal canal morphology (OR=2.230, P=0.039), protrusion calcification (OR=3.026, P=0.010) were independent risk factors affecting the efficacy of TPED in the treatment of LDH. Conclusions: The course of disease, symptoms, spinal canal morphology and protrusion calcification are the independent risk factors affecting the efficacy of TPED in the treatment of LDH.