The location of the intervertebral lumbar disc on the posterior aspect of the spine

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 232-236

  Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Miller, Richard M ^a   Xu, Rongming ^a   Yeasting, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar discectomy; Lumbar lamina; Lumbar spine lumbar disc

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0030827191     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00176-0     Document Type: Article

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