Unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis. Part II: Clinical experiences

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 397-403

  Spetzger, U ^a,b   Bertalanffy, H ^a   Reinges, M H T ^a   Gilsbach, J M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Neurogenic claudication; Spinal instability; Spinal stenosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030967047     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01808874     Document Type: Article

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