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Clinical outcomes were assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Economic evaluation included direct costs (surgery, hospitalization, and follow-up care) and indirect costs (productivity loss for both employed and unemployed patients) from a societal perspective. FED and UBE were additionally pooled as endoscopic decompression (ED) for incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) analysis. Cost-effectiveness was analyzed using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and the ICER.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinical improvements in VAS and ODI were comparable across the three groups at 2 years (p &gt; 0.05). However, the MD group had a significantly longer hospital stay (mean 5.4 days) compared with the FED (mean 3.2 days) and UBE (mean 3.6 days, p &lt; 0.001) groups. Total healthcare costs were significantly higher in the MD group (mean $6586) compared with the FED (mean $5502) and UBE (mean $5515, p &lt; 0.001) groups. Indirect costs were also highest in the MD group due to delayed resumption of household activities and longer hospitalization (p = 0.012). Mean QALY gains were comparable among groups (FED, 0.197; UBE, 0.198; MD, 0.180; p &gt; 0.05), whereas the mean cost per QALY was significantly higher in the MD group ($47,290) than in the FED ($39,060) and UBE ($34,822) groups (p = 0.04). The ICER for ED versus MD was \u2212$60,510 per QALY, indicating that endoscopic techniques were more cost-effective.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In single-level lumbar spinal stenosis, both FED and UBE decompression achieved clinical outcomes comparable with that of MD while demonstrating lower societal costs and more favorable cost-effectiveness profiles. 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