Ultrafine flexible spinal endoscope (Myeloscope) and discovery of an unreported subarachnoid lesion

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2358-2362

  Uchiyama, Seiji ^a   Hasegawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Homma, Takao ^a   Takahashi, Hideaki E ^a   Shimoji, Koki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachnoid disease; Diagnosis; Endoscope; Myeloscope; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL DISEASES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0032213074     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199811010-00023     Document Type: Article

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