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The transforaminal endoscopic approach is a variation of the posterolateral approach used for intradiscal procedures like discography, chemonucleolysis or percutaneous endoscopic discectomy (arthroscopic microsdiscectomy).
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Stücker, R. (2000). The Transforaminal Endoscopic Approach. In: Mayer, H.M. (eds) Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08780-0_20
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