A controlled study of microsurgical versus standard lumbar discectomy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-294

  Henriksen, L ^a   Schmidt, K ^a   Eskesen, V ^a   Jantzen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disk herniation; Lumbar discectomy; Microsurgery; Microsurgical discectomy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE ROOT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SKIN INCISION;

EID: 0030008686     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699650040160     Document Type: Article

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