Journal of Spine

Department of Spine, National University Health System, Jurong Health Campus, Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore

Publications

• Review   
  A Systematic Review of Complications Associated with Initial Learning Curve of Endoscopic Spine Surgery Highlighting the Necessity of Introducing an Effective Fellowship to Train Competent Endoscopic Spine Surgeons
  Author(s): Pang Hung Wu*, Hyeun Sung Kim, Dong Hwa Heo, Gamaliel Yu Heng Tan and Tae Jang
  
  Background: There is an increase in interest of endoscopic spine surgery as an option of minimally invasive spine surgery. Complications associated with learning curve are a big obstacle to starting a successful endoscopic career. A good endoscopic spine surgery fellowship can mitigate the risk of practice in early phase in endoscopic spine surgery. Methods: We conducted a systematic review in the PubMed database using the terms using three successive searches.10 articles met the criteria of learning curve in endoscopic surgeries evaluation of complications and operation timing. The most consistent parameters used in these studies to evaluate the learning curve were procedure time and complication rate as a function of chronologic case number, our analysis focused on these. The search strategy identified 10 original studies tha.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2165-7939.2020.9.456

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