Thoracic disc herniations: Transthoracic, lateral, or posterolateral approach? A review

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 599-608

  Mulier, Stefaan ^a   Debois, Valère ^a,b  

^a St Norbertus Hospital   (Belgium)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lateral approach; Posterolateral approach; Review; Thoracic disc herniation; Transthoracic approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MYELOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032101802     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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