| | | Instrument | Number of cases | Level of the pathology | Technique | Complication |
| | Nakagawa et al., 2005 [4] | UBShaver | 76 | Chiari malformation, cervical, thoracic, lumbar | Microsurgical decompression | None |
| | Schaller et al., 2005 [12] | UBC-scalpel | 2 | Tethered cord, lumbar | Laminectomy | None |
| | Kim et al., 2006 [5] | UBShaver | 546 | Chiari malformation, cervical, thoracic, lumbar | Foraminotomy, lateral recess exposure | 5 dural tears, 1 transient spinal cord injury |
| | Nakase et al., 2006 [7] | UBShaver | 98 | Chiari malformation, cervical, thoracic, lumbar | Microsurgical decompression | None |
| | Ito et al., 2009 [13] | UBC-scalpel | 12 | Lumbar | Laminoplastic laminotomy and hemilaminotomy | 1 dural tear |
| | Landi et al., 2011 [14] | UBC-not specified | 1 | Thoracal, calcified disc | Transversoarthropediculectomy | None |
| | Matsuoka et al., 2012 [8] | UBC-scalpel | 33 | Chiari malformation, cervical, thoracic, lumbar | Recapping hemilaminoplasty | None |
| | Morimoto et al., 2012 [10] | UBC-scalpel | 26 | Lumbar | Medial fenestration | None |
| | Kim et al., 2012 [15] | UBC-unknown | Not detailed | Cervical | Foraminal decompression in cervical anterior fusion | Not detailed |
| | Bydon et al., 2013 [3] | UBC-scalpel | 88 | Thoracolumbar | Microsurgical decompression | 5 dural tears |
| | Hu et al., 2013 [16] | UBC-scalpel | 128 | Chiari malformation, cervical, thoracic, lumbar | Facetectomy, laminotomy, laminectomy, en bloc resection, the Smith-Petersen osteotomy, pedicle subtraction osteotomy | 2 dural tears |
| | Al-Mahfoudh et al., 2014 [17] | UBC-scalpel | 62 | Chiari malformation, cervical, thoracic, lumbar | Laminotomy, corpectomies | 1 dural tear |
| | Bydon et al., 2014 [2] | UBC-scalpel | 10 | Thoracolumbar | Microsurgical decompression | 3 dural tears |
| | Onen et al., 2015 [18] | UBC-scalpel | 23 | Cervical myelopathy | Cervical laminectomy | 1 C5 radiculopathy |
| | Hazer et al., 2016 (this study) | UBShaver | 307 | Chiari malformation, cervical, thoracic, lumbar | Facetectomy, laminotomy, laminectomy, en bloc resection, pedicle subtraction osteotomy | 5 dural tears |
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