Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma | 2021
Fully endoscopic lumbar spinal surgery: Is it time to change?
Abstract
Spinal surgery is becoming safer and progressively less invasive with advances in optical and instrument technology. The amount of decompression achievable with endoscopic approaches is now comparable to open approaches with the advantage of much less tissue trauma. This review aims at examining the status of endoscopic approaches in lumbar decompressive surgery.