Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-NDNorth American Spine Society journal17 Sep 2026

A pragmatic evaluation of outcome fragility in randomized clinical trials comparing open microdiscectomy and endoscopic-assisted discectomy: A meta-analysis

Michael D. Brown¹
Alqasim Elnaggar²
Obed Barkus¹
Doyle Ford³
Andy T. Ton⁴
David Abdelnour²
Ali Mehaidli¹
Kevin Taliaferro¹

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¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
²Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 E. Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
³Michigan State School University College of Human Medicine, 15 Michigan St. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
⁴Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, 19210 Jamboree Road, Irvine, CA 92612, USA

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@article{brown2026pragmatic,
  title = {{A pragmatic evaluation of outcome fragility in randomized clinical trials comparing open microdiscectomy and endoscopic-assisted discectomy: A meta-analysis}},
  author = {Michael D. Brown and Alqasim Elnaggar and Obed Barkus and Doyle Ford and Andy T. Ton and David Abdelnour and Ali Mehaidli and Kevin Taliaferro},
  journal = {North American Spine Society journal},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13676257},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A pragmatic evaluation of outcome fragility in randomized clinical trials comparing open microdiscectomy and endoscopic-assisted discectomy: A meta-analysis
AU  - Michael D. Brown
AU  - Alqasim Elnaggar
AU  - Obed Barkus
AU  - Doyle Ford
AU  - Andy T. Ton
AU  - David Abdelnour
AU  - Ali Mehaidli
AU  - Kevin Taliaferro
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/17
JO  - North American Spine Society journal
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13676257
SN  - 2666-5484
ER  -

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