Percutaneous treatment of gas-containing lumbar disc herniation: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 133-136

  Righini, Andrea ^a   Lucchi, Silvia ^a   Reganati, Paolo ^a   Zavanone, Mario ^a   Bettinelli, Agostino ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidural gas; Intervertebral disc herniation; Nerve root compression; Percutaneous surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEEDLES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032720392     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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