Navigation-assisted unilateral biportal endoscopic resection of an osteophyte associated with delayed L5 radiculopathy following expandable cage shrinkage: a case report

Alison Kenji Kojima, Daichi Kawamura, Satoshi Yamana, Hiroki Ohashi, Takeshi Umebayashi

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DOI: 10.21037/jss-2026-0178
Published: 2026-10
Container: Journal of Spine Surgery
Publisher: AME Publishing Company
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@article{allodium:10.21037/jss-2026-0178,
  title = {Navigation-assisted unilateral biportal endoscopic resection of an osteophyte associated with delayed L5 radiculopathy following expandable cage shrinkage: a case report},
  author = {Alison Kenji Kojima and Daichi Kawamura and Satoshi Yamana and Hiroki Ohashi and Takeshi Umebayashi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of Spine Surgery},
  doi = {10.21037/jss-2026-0178},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.21037/jss-2026-0178}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Navigation-assisted unilateral biportal endoscopic resection of an osteophyte associated with delayed L5 radiculopathy following expandable cage shrinkage: a case report
AU  - Alison Kenji Kojima
AU  - Daichi Kawamura
AU  - Satoshi Yamana
AU  - Hiroki Ohashi
AU  - Takeshi Umebayashi
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of Spine Surgery
DO  - 10.21037/jss-2026-0178
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Kojima, A. K., Kawamura, D., Yamana, S., Ohashi, H., & Umebayashi, T. (2026). Navigation-assisted unilateral biportal endoscopic resection of an osteophyte associated with delayed L5 radiculopathy following expandable cage shrinkage: a case report. Journal of Spine Surgery. https://doi.org/10.21037/jss-2026-0178

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