Far lateral lumbar disc herniation. The key to the intertransverse approach

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 943-947

  O'Hara, L J ^a,b   Marshall, R W ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030667582     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B6.7876     Document Type: Article

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