Endoscopic transforaminal lumbar discectomy and reconfiguration: A posterolateral approach into the spinal canal

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 588-598

  Ditsworth, David A ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, local; Discectomy, percutaneous; Endoscopy; Foramen; Lumbar vertebrae; Surgery, minimally invasive; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKITIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMBULATORY CARE; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0032101363     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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