Assessment of neuroforaminal decompression in degenerative spinal stenosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 348, Issue , 1998, Pages 135-139

  Gill, Thomas J ^b   Mason, Michael D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0031954511     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199803000-00022     Document Type: Article

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