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March 2, 2026Asian Journal of Surgery0 citationsOpen Access

Unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy for very highly migrated upper lumbar disc herniation: A case report

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YZYubin ZouDXDanfeng XuJWJinxin Wang

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  • This report aims to highlight the unique challenges and outcomes of endoscopic discectomy for high-level lumbar disc herniation.
  • Utilized unilateral biportal endoscopic techniques.
  • Examined endoscopic findings at L2-3 and L1-2 levels.
  • Identified the presence of nucleus pulposus in dorsal epidural space.
  • No nucleus pulposus found at the L2-3 level.
  • Free nucleus pulposus discovered at the dorsal epidural space of the L1-2 level.

Abstract

Step1: Under endoscopy, no nucleus pulposus was found at the L2-3 level.Step2: Under endoscopy, a free nucleus pulposus at the dorsal epidural space of L1-2 level.

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Zou et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a52920f1e85e5c73bf073fhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.asjsur.2026.01.249
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