Short term complications and risk factors of unilateral biportal endoscopic cervical spine surgery in patients with cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy: a single center retrospective study
Chengyue Zhu, Xinning Mao, Zhongshu Shan, Donghao Du, Jiaming Liang, Junfeng Shen, Hao Pan, Wei Zhang, Fangcai Li · 2026
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Chengyue Zhu and colleagues present a 2026 retrospective study of endoscopic neck spine surgery. The technique uses two small portals from one side. Patients had cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, meaning nerve root or spinal cord pressure. The team tracked short-term complications and their risk factors.
Records covered 107 patients treated at one centre between June 2021 and June 2024. Overall in the series, complications struck 12.1 percent of the patients treated. The rate was 7.4 percent for radiculopathy cases and 20.5 percent for myelopathy cases. Myelopathy complications were also more severe, including bleeding needing another operation. Age 65 or older, other illnesses, and laminectomy each raised risk. Early cases in the learning curve fared worst, with complications in 40.0 percent of them.
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| CREATOR | Chengyue Zhu, Xinning Mao, Zhongshu Shan, Donghao Du, Jiaming Liang, Junfeng Shen, Hao Pan, Wei Zhang, Fangcai Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24767 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |