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Editorial
. 2026 Jan;16(1):9-10.
doi: 10.1177/21925682251371619. Epub 2025 Sep 22.

Editorial: Beyond the Portal Wars-Forging a New Consensus in Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Jin-Sung Kim  1 , Piya Chavalparit  1   2
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Editorial

Editorial: Beyond the Portal Wars-Forging a New Consensus in Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Jin-Sung Kim et al. Global Spine J. 2026 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: BESS; UBE; biportal; endoscopic spine surgery; endoscopy; uniportal.

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