Limited surgical discectomy and microdiscectomy: A clinical comparison

Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 79-81

  Kahanovitz, Neil ^a   Viola, Kathleen ^a   Muculloch, John ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Microdiscectomy; Relative benefit; Surgical discectomy

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSURGERY;

EID: 0024492397     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198901000-00016     Document Type: Article

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