Akinduro OO, et al. – A systematic review and meta–analysis was performed to compare patients undergoing open surgery (OS) for extraforaminal lumbar disk herniation with those undergoing minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approaches, including tubular microscopic, percutaneous endoscopic, and micro–endoscopic. Findings revealed that minimally invasive procedures for extraforaminal disk herniation (EDH) was associated with a similar incidence of complications and reoperation but lower estimated blood loss (EBL), shorter operative time, shorter hospital stay, and faster return to work time compared to OS. Tubular microscopic seemed to have the lowest reoperation rate of MIS procedures.