Pars interarticularis fenestration in the treatment of foraminal lumbar disc herniation: A further surgical approach

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-90

  Di Lorenzo, Nicola ^a   Porta, Filippo ^b   Onnis, Giuseppe ^b   Cannas, Antonio ^b   Arbau, Giuseppe ^b   Maleci, Alberto ^b  

^a Marino Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foraminal herniation; Lumbar disc; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PALLIATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031911067     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199801000-00018     Document Type: Article

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