Abstract:Abstract: Objective?To investigate the clinical efficacy of posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy in treatment of lateral cervical disc herniation under general anesthesia.?Methods?From May 2016 to April 2018, 15 patients were treated with posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy under general anesthesia. The cervical spine CT/MRI at 2 to 5 days was used to evaluate decompression postoperation. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores, Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA), the stability of the cervical spine segment, and the changes in intervertebral height of patients with cervical, shoulder and upper limb pain before and after surgery were recorded and statistically analyzed.?Results?All the 15 patients completed operation successfully, the average operation time was (72.87?±?26.70) min; the average hospital stay was (3.53?±?0.74) d; 15 patients were all obtained follow-up, mean follow-up time (14.87?±?2.62) months. The VAS were (7.00?±?1.20), (1.07?±?0.80), (0.93?±?0.80), (0.87?±?0.64), (0.73?±?0.70), (0.80?±?0.77) at preoperation, postoperative 1 d, 1 month, 3 month and 6 month, the last follow-up, respectively; VAS scores preoperative and postoperative 1D, 1M, 3M, 6M and last follow-up, the paired t-test showed statistically significant differences (P?0.05). The JOA scores were (12.47?±?1.36) and (16.40?±?0.63) prior to the operation and the last follow-up, respectively. The intervertebral heights of the diseased segments were (6.00?±?0.58) mm and (5.93?±?0.62) mm prior to the operation and the last follow-up, respectively. The difference was no statistical significance (P?>?0.05); There was no patient with unstable cervical segment before and after surgery. According to the clinical efficacy evaluation of the modified Macnab standard at the last follow-up, 12 cases were excellent; 2 cases were good and 1 case was fair.?Conclusions?The treatment of single-segment lateral cervical disc herniation under general anesthesia is a minimally invasive, safe and effective surgical method, but its long-term efficacy and the effects of cervical disc degeneration and cervical stability need further observation.