Caudascopic experiences and a new patho-anatomic concept for treatment of sciatica

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-6

  Beuls, E A M ^a   Van Mameren, H ^b   Vroomen, P C A J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

caudascopy; disc herniation; nerve root compression; nerve root sheath

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION;

EID: 0029983375     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1052206     Document Type: Article

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