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Aug 2026
Early MRI-Detected Interspinous Ligament Region Edema Is Associated With Delayed Pain Recovery and Persistent Low Back Pain After Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Surgery
The extent of postoperative ISLRE, particularly grade 2 edema, may be useful for postoperative risk stratification and targeted patient management after UBE surgery and Linear mixed-effects modeling demonstrated significantly delayed pain recovery trajectories in higher-grade edema groups.
Yi Mao, Jiang-Bao Xu, Jun-Chao Zhang et al.
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