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Minimally invasive tubular decompression versus traditional open surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ahmet Kartal, Noel F Manalil, Mousa K Hamad, Shahier Paracha, Anthony Robayo, Evan Wang, Ibrahim Hussain, Roger Härtl

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ahmet KartalDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA. ahk4006@med.cornell.edu.
Noel F ManalilDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Mousa K HamadDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Shahier ParachaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Anthony RobayoDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Evan WangDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Ibrahim HussainDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Roger HärtlDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY, 10065, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minimally invasive (MI) tubular decompression seeks to reduce soft‑tissue trauma compared with open laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We performed a PRISMA‑compliant systematic review and meta‑analysis of comparative studies (2015-April 2025) identified in PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL. Adults with symptomatic degenerative LSS undergoing MI tubular decompression or open laminectomy were included. Evaluated outcomes included surgical parameters (e.g., overall complications; dural tears, surgical site infections, reoperation), perioperative and postoperative complications, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), and hospital length of stay (LOS). Heterogeneity was measured using I

Indexed as

Decompression, SurgicalLaminectomyLumbar VertebraeMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresSpinal StenosisHumansLength of StayPostoperative ComplicationsTreatment OutcomeLumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)Meta-analysisMinimally invasive spine surgery (MISS)Open laminectomySystematic reviewTubular decompression

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PMID41354742
PMCPMC12764488

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