Comparative Clinical and Radiographic Cohort Study: Uniportal Thoracic Endoscopic Laminotomy With Bilateral Decompression by Using the 1-Block Resection Technique and Thoracic Open Laminotomy With Bilateral Decompression for Thoracic Ossified Ligamentum Flavum.
Hyeun-Sung KimPang Hung WuJi-Yeon KimYeon Jin LeeDae Hwan KimJun Hyung LeeJun Bok JeonIl-Tae JangPublished in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2022)
Uniportal TE-ULBD achieved significantly improved pain and neurological recovery with sufficient spinal canal decompression, as compared with thoracic open laminectomy for patients with myelopathy secondary to OLF in our cohort.