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ReviewJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma2021

Fully endoscopic cervical spine surgery: What does the future hold?

R Misra, N K Rath

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Review in Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Intraoperative neuromonitoring use in posterior endoscopic cervical decompression: can it reduce complications?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 · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

R MisraThe Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L97LJ, UK.
N K RathThe Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L97LJ, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fully endoscopic cervical spine surgery is an emerging novel approach to address cervical spinal pathology. Techniques, both anterior and posterior have been adapted to address various cervical pathologies. The primary goal of these procedures like other open techniques is to surgically decompress the canal centrally and/or along the foramen. The narrative review aims to provide the reader an overview of the rapidly advancing field of endoscopic cervical spinal surgery and evaluate whether these newer approaches could potentially reduce the cost and the risk associated with instrumented cervical fusion.

Indexed as

Endoscopic anterior cervical discectomyEndoscopic transcorporeal cervical discectomyFully endoscopic cervical foraminotomyFully endoscopic spine surgery

Identifiers

PMID34631414
PMCPMC8487075

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