Microsurgical anatomy of the lateral approach to extraforaminal lumbar disc herniations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 345-351

  Reulen, Hans Jürgen ^a   Müller, Adolf ^a   Ebeling, Uwe ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extratoraminal lumbar disc herniation; Microsurgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030010815     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00022     Document Type: Article

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