Long-term results of partial undercutting facetectomy for lumbar lateral recess stenosis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1352-1356

  Sanderson, Paul L ^a   Getty, Charles J M ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

long term outcome; spinal stenosis; undercutting facetectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030028589     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199606010-00015     Document Type: Article

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