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Oct 2026
Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression in Obese Patients: A Systematic Review of Comparative and BMI-Stratified Evidence
Systematic review. To evaluate perioperative and clinical outcomes after open versus endoscopic lumbar decompression in patients with obesity. Obesity is associated with increased technical difficulty and perioperative morbidity in lumbar spine surgery. Endoscopic spine surgery (ESS) may reduce...
Jacqueline Albert, Jay Chung, Arjun Gupta et al.
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