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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2026

Clinical Outcomes and Feasibility of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Decompression for Thoracic Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.

Fangling Zhong, Chenxing Huang, Xiaoteng Feng, Xuru Feng, Zhaojun Cheng, Binwei Chen, Hui Ren, Weibo Yu, Xiaobing Jiang

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Fangling ZhongDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Chenxing HuangDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Xiaoteng FengDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Xuru FengDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Zhaojun ChengDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Binwei ChenDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Hui RenDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Weibo YuDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Xiaobing JiangDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8009-0282

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6 · The paper itself

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clinical efficacyminimally invasive spine surgerythoracic myelopathythoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavumunilateral biportal endoscopy

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PMID42881799
PMCPMC13666240

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