Outpatient surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-43

  Tomaras, Christopher R ^b   Blacklock, J Bob ^a   Parker, Warren D ^b   Harper, Richard L ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Disc protrusion; Microdiscectomy; Outpatient surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0030979838     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.1.0041     Document Type: Article

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