Advantages of endoscopic surgery are that there is no cut or blood loss. The biggest advantage is that there is no interference with the normal architecture of the spine. The surgeons directly target the slip disc without touching the normal spine structures. Therefore, no bone needs to be removed and no muscle dissection takes place in endoscopic spine surgery as compared to open spine surgery. Endoscopic spine surgery is done under local anaesthetic therefore there are no complications of general anaesthesia. Moreover, patients are able to start walking on the same evening and are able to get discharged from the hospital on the same day as general anaesthesia is avoided. No external stitches are required for the ‘keyhole’ incisions and they are so small that a dressing with an ordinary band-aid may be sufficient, hence the name Band Aid Spine Surgery. The scars left behind after KeyHole Spine Surgery are barely noticeable and are cosmetically very acceptable to the patient.