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Durability of Endoscopes Used During Routine Lumbar Endoscopy: An Analysis of Use Patterns, Common Failure Modes, Impact on Patient Care, and Contingency Plans

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Friedrich Tieber, Stefan Hellinger, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, Max Rogério Freitas Ramos, Zhang Xifeng, André Luiz Calderaro, Thiago Soares dos Santos, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva, Girish Datar, Jin-Sung Kim, Hyeun Sung Kim and Anthony Yeung
International Journal of Spine Surgery December 2021, 15 (6) 1147-1160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/8146

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vol. 15 no. 6 1147-1160
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.14444/8146
PubMed 
35086872
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International Journal of Spine Surgery
Online ISSN 
2211-4599
History 
  • Published online January 27, 2022.
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This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. Copyright © 2021 ISASS. To see more or order reprints or permissions, see http://ijssurgery.com.

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  1. Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski1,
  2. Friedrich Tieber2,
  3. Stefan Hellinger3,
  4. Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho4,
  5. Max Rogério Freitas Ramos5,
  6. Zhang Xifeng6,
  7. André Luiz Calderaro7,
  8. Thiago Soares dos Santos8,
  9. Jorge Felipe Ramírez León9,
  10. Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva10,
  11. Girish Datar11,
  12. Jin-Sung Kim12,
  13. Hyeun Sung Kim13 and
  14. Anthony Yeung14
  1. 1 Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona andSurgical Institute of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, USA
  2. 2 Friedrich Tieber, Augsburg, Germany
  3. 3 Orthopaedic Surgeon, München, Germany
  4. 4 Department of Neurosurgery, niversidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  5. 5 Orthopedics and Traumatology, Federal University of the Rio de Janeiro State UNIRIO, Head of Orthopedic Clinics at Gaffrée Guinle University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  6. 6 Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
  7. 7 Centro Ortopedico Valqueire, Departamento de Full Endoscopia da Coluna Vertebral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  8. 8 Regina Hospital, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande Sur, Brazil
  9. 9 Orthopedic & Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon; Reina Sofía Clinic & Center of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – Bogotá Colombia. Chairman, Spine Surgery Program, Universidad Sanitas, Bogotá, USA
  10. 10 Director of CLINCOL (Endoscopic Spine Clinic), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  11. 11 Orthopaedic Surgeon, Center For Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Sushruta Hospital for Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Maharashtra, India
  12. 12 Department of Neurosurgery Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
  13. 13 Department of Neurosurgery, Nanoori Gangnam Hospital , Seoul , Republic of KoreaFaculty of the Korean Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Society (KOMISS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
  14. 14 University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New MexicoDesert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix, USA
  1. Correspondence to Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona andSurgical Institute of Tucson, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA; business{at}tucsonspine.com
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Durability of Endoscopes Used During Routine Lumbar Endoscopy: An Analysis of Use Patterns, Common Failure Modes, Impact on Patient Care, and Contingency Plans
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Friedrich Tieber, Stefan Hellinger, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, Max Rogério Freitas Ramos, Zhang Xifeng, André Luiz Calderaro, Thiago Soares dos Santos, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva, Girish Datar, Jin-Sung Kim, Hyeun Sung Kim, Anthony Yeung
International Journal of Spine Surgery Dec 2021, 15 (6) 1147-1160; DOI: 10.14444/8146
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