Percutaneous disc surgery at Balgrist since 1979 - From discotomy to interbody fusion

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-197

  Leu, Hansjoerg Franz ^a,b   Schreiber, Adam ^a   Elsig, Jean Pierre ^a   Zweifel, Karl ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

discectomy, percutaneous; disk, herniation; fiber optics; spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RATS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0030042903     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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