Abstract:[Objective] To search the factors related to early postoperative recurrence of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) secondary to per- cutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) . [Methods] A retrospective study was performed on 285 patients who received PT- ED for single-segment lumbar disc herniation from January 2017 to December 2019. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether the patients had early recurrent LDH after surgery, and the factors related to early recurrence were analyzed by univariate compari- son and binary multiple logistic regression. [Results] All the 285 patients were followed up for (12.64± 6.51) months on an average. Of them, 19 patients were definitively diagnosed of recurrent LDH within 6 months after operation, accounting for 6.67% with recurrence time of (73.53± 49.66) days on a mean. As results of univariate comparisons, the recurrent group had significantly more severer extent of disc degen- eration in Pfirrmann grade (P<0.05) , more lateral protrusion (P<0.05) , more severe Modic changes (P<0.05) , lower intervertebral disc height index (P<0.05) , greater width protrusion base (P<0.05) , larger postoperative annular fibrous defect (P<0.05) , whereas smaller inter- vertebral foramen area (P<0.05) than the non-recurrent group. In term of logistic regression, the large width protrusion base (OR=1.368, P< 0.05) and severe Modic change (OR=1.761, P<0.05) were of independent risk factors for early recurrence, while the large intervertebral fo- raminal area (OR=0.947, P<0.05) was of a protective factor. [Conclusion] The small intervertebral disc height index, severe degree of inter- vertebral disc degeneration, large postoperative annulus fibrosus defect, more lateral protrusion site, large width of the protrusion base, and severe Modic change might be the risk factors, while large foraminal area be a protective factor for early recurrence after PTED.