Anterior decompression of foraminal stenosis below a lumbosacral transitional vertebra: A case report

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 823-826

  Abe, Eiji ^a   Sato, Kozo ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a   Okada, Kyoji ^a   Yan, Kunitaka ^b   Mizutani, Yoichi ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamamoto Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior decompression; radiculography; radiculopathy; transitional vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SPINAL NERVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030936737     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199704010-00023     Document Type: Article

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