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Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery

There are several minimally invasive endoscopic spine procedures to treat lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). 1,2)Due to technical barriers in handling the rigid endoscope and limited availability of instruments, they have been only performed by experienced endoscopic surgeons. 3)In the meantime, open laminectomy alone or with lumbar spinal fusion has been the standard surgical method for degenerative spinal stenosis.However, it has been continuously associated with complications such as paraspinal muscle injury, excessive bleeding, and wound infection. 4,5)Recently, favorable results of minimally invasive decompression surgery designed to overcome these issues have been reported in comparison to the open decompression or fu- Efficacy of Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Efficacy of Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis