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ReviewJournal of spine surgery (Hong Kong)2020

Micro-anatomical structures of the lumbar intervertebral foramen for full-endoscopic spine surgery: review of the literatures.

Hisaaki Uchikado, Yasuhiko Nishimura, Gohsuke Hattori, Yukoh Ohara

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Review in Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hisaaki UchikadoUchikado Neuro-Spine Clinic, Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yasuhiko NishimuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wakayama Koyo Hospital, Wakayama, Japan.
Gohsuke HattoriDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yukoh OharaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Juntendo University · JPKurume University · JPOno Clinic · JPWakayama Rosai Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) is a minimally invasive spinal surgical technique. PELD can be performed via 2 routes, transforaminal (TF) or interlaminar. The TF approach is a well-established modality in the treatment of patients with herniated lumbar discs. This technique makes the most of the space within the intervertebral foramen where, as Kambin claimed, the safe approach to the lesion is possible. Knowledge of the lumbar artery with its branches and various ligaments of anatomies of the intervertebral foramen are needed to perform successful surgeries and to reduce complications.

Indexed as

Full-endoscopic spine surgery (FESS)lumbar canal stenosislumbar herniated disklumbar intervertebral foramenmicro-anatomy

Identifiers

PMID32656378
PMCPMC7340827
OpenAlexW2988243126

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