ArticleGlobal spine journal2022
Outcome of Anterior and Posterior Endoscopic Procedures for Cervical Radiculopathy Due to Degenerative Disk Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Article in Global spine journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Impact of factors on treatment outcomes in cervical degenerative disc disease: a logistic regression analysis of anterior decompression and interbody fusion with BAK/C technique.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Single-Level Full Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Herniectomy: A 12 months Follow-up.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2025Article
- Full-Endoscopic Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion for Cervical Myelopathy.Neurospine · 2024Article
- Surgeon reported practice patterns related to full endoscopic cervical decompression procedures.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- Learning curve for biportal endoscopic posterior cervical foraminotomy determined using the cumulative summation test.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- SPINE: High heterogeneity and no significant differences in clinical outcomes of endoscopic foraminotomy vs fusion for lumbar foraminal stenosis: a meta-analysis.EFORT open reviews · 2023Review
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Abstract
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designSystematic review and meta-analysis.
objectivesCervical spine endoscopic discectomy and decompression have gained popularity in the last decade. This review aimed to shed light on the current outcomes of cervical spine endoscopic procedures for degenerative disc disease (DDD) and to calculate a pooled estimate of various outcome measures.
methodsWe retrieved articles published in English related to endoscopic cervical spine procedures from 3 central databases from inception until September 2020. A subgroup analysis based on the anterior versus the posterior approach was performed.
resultsThirty-one articles fulfilled the eligibility criteria and included 1,410 patients. A successful outcome was observed in 91.3% (88.6-93.4%,
conclusionsThere is a higher success rate and lower complication rate with the posterior approach than with the anterior approach. However, high-quality randomized controlled trials are vital to evaluate the efficacy of these procedures.
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