The Orphaned Innovation: Cost, Structural Barriers, and Global System Shifts Prompting Reimbursement Reform in Endoscopic Spine Surgery—Insights From 1.2 Million Cases

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Morgan P. Lorio, Herbert Alfaro, Junseok Bae, Gregory W. Basil, Douglas P. Beall, João Paulo Bergamaschi, Marcelo Brito, Benedikt W. Burkhardt, André Luiz Calderaro, José Antonio Canales-Nájera, Roberto Cantu-Leal, Roberto Cantú Longoria, Ernesto Luis Carvallo Cruz, Gun Choi, Erwin Cornips, Herton Rodrigo Tavares Costa, José Antonio Cruz Ricárdez, Girish Datar, Bambang Darwono, Peter Derman, Álvaro Dowling, Javier Duarte, Alfonso García Chávez, Raymond J. Gardocki, Vincent Hagel, Biswadjiet S. Harhangi, Stefan Hellinger, José María Jiménez Avila, Jun Ho Lee, Christoph P. Hofstetter, Meng Huang, Namath Syed Hussain, Kenyu Ito, Gerd Ivanic, Osama Kashlan, Hyeun-Sung Kim, Jin-Sung L. Kim, Patrick Kim, Seok Woo Kim, Martin Knight, Sanjay Konakondla, Vit Kotheeranurak, Ajay Krishnan, Brian Kwon, Zhen-Zhou Li, Luis A. Lombardi, Mark A. Mahan, Fernando Medina González, Stefan Mindea, Victor Miramontes, Nicola Montemurro, Christian Morgenstern, Joachim Oertel, John Ogunlade, Marisa Pérez Solís, Malcolm Darayes Pestonji, Javier Quillo-Olivera, Brenda Olivia Bueno Quiñones, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Radovan Sančević Žanko, Kunfeng Song, Albert Telfeian, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Huilin Yang, Christopher Yeung, Jang Won Yoon, Xifeng Zhang, Saqib Hasan

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DOI: 10.14444/8908
Published: 2026-07-08
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@article{allodium:10.14444/8908,
title = {The Orphaned Innovation: Cost, Structural Barriers, and Global System Shifts Prompting Reimbursement Reform in Endoscopic Spine Surgery—Insights From 1.2 Million Cases},
author = {Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski and Morgan P. Lorio and Herbert Alfaro and Junseok Bae and Gregory W. Basil and Douglas P. Beall and João Paulo Bergamaschi and Marcelo Brito and Benedikt W. Burkhardt and André Luiz Calderaro and José Antonio Canales-Nájera and Roberto Cantu-Leal and Roberto Cantú Longoria and Ernesto Luis Carvallo Cruz and Gun Choi and Erwin Cornips and Herton Rodrigo Tavares Costa and José Antonio Cruz Ricárdez and Girish Datar and Bambang Darwono and Peter Derman and Álvaro Dowling and Javier Duarte and Alfonso García Chávez and Raymond J. Gardocki and Vincent Hagel and Biswadjiet S. Harhangi and Stefan Hellinger and José María Jiménez Avila and Jun Ho Lee and Christoph P. Hofstetter and Meng Huang and Namath Syed Hussain and Kenyu Ito and Gerd Ivanic and Osama Kashlan and Hyeun-Sung Kim and Jin-Sung L. Kim and Patrick Kim and Seok Woo Kim and Martin Knight and Sanjay Konakondla and Vit Kotheeranurak and Ajay Krishnan and Brian Kwon and Zhen-Zhou Li and Luis A. Lombardi and Mark A. Mahan and Fernando Medina González and Stefan Mindea and Victor Miramontes and Nicola Montemurro and Christian Morgenstern and Joachim Oertel and John Ogunlade and Marisa Pérez Solís and Malcolm Darayes Pestonji and Javier Quillo-Olivera and Brenda Olivia Bueno Quiñones and Jorge Felipe Ramírez León and Radovan Sančević Žanko and Kunfeng Song and Albert Telfeian and Alexander R. Vaccaro and Huilin Yang and Christopher Yeung and Jang Won Yoon and Xifeng Zhang and Saqib Hasan},
year = {2026},
journal = {International Journal of Spine Surgery},
doi = {10.14444/8908},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14444/8908}
}

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TI  - The Orphaned Innovation: Cost, Structural Barriers, and Global System Shifts Prompting Reimbursement Reform in Endoscopic Spine Surgery—Insights From 1.2 Million Cases
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AU  - Herbert Alfaro
AU  - Junseok Bae
AU  - Gregory W. Basil
AU  - Douglas P. Beall
AU  - João Paulo Bergamaschi
AU  - Marcelo Brito
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AU  - André Luiz Calderaro
AU  - José Antonio Canales-Nájera
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AU  - Roberto Cantú Longoria
AU  - Ernesto Luis Carvallo Cruz
AU  - Gun Choi
AU  - Erwin Cornips
AU  - Herton Rodrigo Tavares Costa
AU  - José Antonio Cruz Ricárdez
AU  - Girish Datar
AU  - Bambang Darwono
AU  - Peter Derman
AU  - Álvaro Dowling
AU  - Javier Duarte
AU  - Alfonso García Chávez
AU  - Raymond J. Gardocki
AU  - Vincent Hagel
AU  - Biswadjiet S. Harhangi
AU  - Stefan Hellinger
AU  - José María Jiménez Avila
AU  - Jun Ho Lee
AU  - Christoph P. Hofstetter
AU  - Meng Huang
AU  - Namath Syed Hussain
AU  - Kenyu Ito
AU  - Gerd Ivanic
AU  - Osama Kashlan
AU  - Hyeun-Sung Kim
AU  - Jin-Sung L. Kim
AU  - Patrick Kim
AU  - Seok Woo Kim
AU  - Martin Knight
AU  - Sanjay Konakondla
AU  - Vit Kotheeranurak
AU  - Ajay Krishnan
AU  - Brian Kwon
AU  - Zhen-Zhou Li
AU  - Luis A. Lombardi
AU  - Mark A. Mahan
AU  - Fernando Medina González
AU  - Stefan Mindea
AU  - Victor Miramontes
AU  - Nicola Montemurro
AU  - Christian Morgenstern
AU  - Joachim Oertel
AU  - John Ogunlade
AU  - Marisa Pérez Solís
AU  - Malcolm Darayes Pestonji
AU  - Javier Quillo-Olivera
AU  - Brenda Olivia Bueno Quiñones
AU  - Jorge Felipe Ramírez León
AU  - Radovan Sančević Žanko
AU  - Kunfeng Song
AU  - Albert Telfeian
AU  - Alexander R. Vaccaro
AU  - Huilin Yang
AU  - Christopher Yeung
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AU  - Xifeng Zhang
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Lewandrowski, K., Lorio, M. P., Alfaro, H., Bae, J., Basil, G. W., Beall, D. P., Bergamaschi, J. P., Brito, M., Burkhardt, B. W., Calderaro, A. L., Canales-Nájera, J. A., Cantu-Leal, R., Longoria, R. C., Cruz, E. L. C., Choi, G., Cornips, E., Costa, H. R. T., Ricárdez, J. A. C., Datar, G., Darwono, B., Derman, P., Dowling, Á., Duarte, J., Chávez, A. G., Gardocki, R. J., Hagel, V., Harhangi, B. S., Hellinger, S., Avila, J. M. J., Lee, J. H., Hofstetter, C. P., Huang, M., Hussain, N. S., Ito, K., Ivanic, G., Kashlan, O., Kim, H., Kim, J. L., Kim, P., Kim, S. W., Knight, M., Konakondla, S., Kotheeranurak, V., Krishnan, A., Kwon, B., Li, Z., Lombardi, L. A., Mahan, M. A., González, F. M., Mindea, S., Miramontes, V., Montemurro, N., Morgenstern, C., Oertel, J., Ogunlade, J., Solís, M. P., Pestonji, M. D., Quillo-Olivera, J., Quiñones, B. O. B., León, J. F. R., Žanko, R. S., Song, K., Telfeian, A., Vaccaro, A. R., Yang, H., Yeung, C., Yoon, J. W., Zhang, X., & Hasan, S. (2026). The Orphaned Innovation: Cost, Structural Barriers, and Global System Shifts Prompting Reimbursement Reform in Endoscopic Spine Surgery—Insights From 1.2 Million Cases. International Journal of Spine Surgery. https://doi.org/10.14444/8908

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