Results of a clinical trial of the holmium:YAG laser in disc decompression utilizing a side-firing fiber: A two-year follow-up

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-96

  Casper, G David ^a   Hartman, Valerie L ^b   Mullins, Larry L ^c  

^a Laser Spine and Jt Ctr of the SW ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

holmium:YAG laser; lumbar disc disease; Macnab criteria; side firing fiber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BACK PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0029837478     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)19:1<90::AID-LSM10>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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