Thoracoscopic approaches to the thoracic spine

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 737-744

  Visocchi, M ^a   Masferrer, R ^a   Sonntag, V K H ^a   Dickman, C A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Discectomy fusion; Spinal instrumentation; Spinal reconstruction; Sympathectomy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MOBILIZATION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0031661752     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050174     Document Type: Article

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