Abstract:[Objective] To explore the effect of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PT- ED) on clinical outcomes. [Methods] From January 2019 to December 2019, 73 patients underwent PTED fro simple lumbar disc hernia- tion. According to the preoperative doctor-patient communication results, 36 patients in PRP group were injected PRP 5ml combined with thrombin 2ml (40 U/ml) in intervertebral disc and around nerve roots at the end of surgery, while the other 37 patients in the non-PRP group had PTED performed alone. The Perioperative, follow-up and imaging data of the two groups were compared. [Results] All the pa- tients in both groups were successfully operated on, without significant difference in the incidence of intraoperative complications between the two groups (P=0.071) . There were no significant differences in operative time, total incision length, intraoperative blood loss, postoper- ative walking time, incision healing, hospital stay and early VAS score between 2 groups (P>0.05) . With time of follow- up lasted for (15.37±1.92) months, the VAS and ODI scores decreased significantly in both group (P<0.05) . However, the PRP group proved signifi- cantly superior to the non-PRP group in VAS score 1 month postoperatively (P<0.05) , and the ODI score at 6 months and the last followup (P<0.05) . Radiographically, the intervertebral height index decreased significantly over time in both groups (P<0.05) , which in the PRP group was significantly superior to the non-PRP group at the last follow-up (P<0.05) . No significant change was noted over time in term of Pfirrmann classification for disc degeneration between two groups (P>0.05) . At the latest follow-up, the PRP group proved signifi- cantly superior to the non-PRP group in term of Pfirrmann grading of intervertebral discs degeneration (P<0.05) . [Conclusion] Intraopera- tive injection of PRP in PTED might be beneficial to the repair of annulus fibrosus, delay intervertebral degeneration and improve clinical outcomes.