Percutaneous laser nucleolysis of the intervertebral lumbar disc: An experimental study

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 337, Issue , 1997, Pages 42-44

  Nerubay, Jacobo ^a,b   Caspi, Israel ^a,b   Levinkopf, Moshe ^a,b   Tadmor, Amnon ^c   Bubis, Juan J ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0030948543     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199704000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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