Abstract:Abstrct: Objective?Due to recent developments and the wide application of percutaneous transforaminal discectomy (PTED) in China, we herein compare the clinical effects of it with microendoscopic discectomy (MED), in terms of recurrence and revision rates.?Methods?6 databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Ovid, CNKI and Wanfang were searched by computer, and the literatures were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the quality of the included literatures was evaluated. After extracting the data in the paper, the Review Manager 5.2 software was applied to analyze the data. Finally, the sensitivity analysis and publication bias analysis of the results were conducted.?Results?12 studies including 2,400 patients were included in this meta-analysis. Compared PTED with MED, postoperative recurrence rate and postoperative revision rate of PTED are high (OR = 1.60, 95%CI: 1.01 ~ 2.53), (OR = 1.77, 95%CI: 1.18 ~ 2.64).?Conclusion?Although PTED has many minimally invasive advantages, such as less intraoperative bleeding and faster postoperative recovery, its recurrence rate and revision rate are higher than MED. So it is not possible to blindly consider the complete replacement of MED with PTED.