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Forest plot of leg pain visual analogue scale scores for the biportal endoscopic vs. microscopic technique at the final follow-up. Green symbols indicate mean differences. Horizontal lines indicate 95% confidence intervals. The black diamond indicates the overall effect size. SD, standard deviation; IV, inverse variance; df, degrees of freedom.
