A biomechanical evaluation of internal lumbar laminoplasty: The preservation of spinal stability during laminectomy for degenerative spinal stenosis

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-11

  Efstathiou, Panos ^a,c   Moskovich, Ronald ^b   Casar, Robert ^b   Magnisalis, E ^c  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

biomechanics; lumbar vertebrae; mechanical; spinal stenosis; spondylothisthesis; stress

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MEASUREMENT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; DECOMPRESSION; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOTION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0029994374     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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