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No prior systematic review has mapped this literature across the full pediatric spinal pathology spectrum.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n PubMed\/MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched for studies of patients aged 18 years or younger undergoing a uniportal (percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy\/percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (PEID)\/percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy) or biportal (unilateral biportal endoscopy) endoscopic spinal procedure for any pathology. Of 980 records screened independently by two reviewers, 58 underwent full-text review. Risk of bias was assessed with Risk of Bias in Nonrandomised Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I) and Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) checklists. This review followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020 and was registered on the Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD420261448214).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n Twenty-six studies (1,023 patients, 2001\u20132026) were included; no randomized trial was identified. Twenty-one studies (1,018 patients) addressed lumbar disc herniation, with modified MacNab excellent\/good outcomes of 87\u2013100% and reoperation\/recurrence rates of 0\u201312.5%, highest in the longest-follow-up study. Single case reports addressed pars-fracture repair, tethered cord release, two bone-lesion tumor excisions, and infectious spondylodiscitis debridement; no study addressed congenital spinal deformity or tumor resection. 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