Microsurgical anterior cervical foraminotomy for radiculopathy: A new approach to cervical disc herniation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Jho, Hae Dong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical vertebra; discectomy; intervertebral disc displacement; radiculopathy; spinal nerve roots; spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL ROOT; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030053750     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.2.0155     Document Type: Article

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