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Letter to the editor regarding “Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy versus microendoscopic discectomy for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a meta-analysis”

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, The Affiliated Chencun Hospital of Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University, No. 2, Anning Road, Shunde District, Foshan, 528300, Guangdong Province, China

    Xiaoping Mu, Bo Hou & Zhian He

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, China

    Yufu Ou

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Mu, X., Ou, Y., Hou, B. et al. Letter to the editor regarding “Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy versus microendoscopic discectomy for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a meta-analysis”. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 44, 1015–1016 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-019-04421-y

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