Does additional discectomy and the degree of dural sac compression influence the outcome of decompressive surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1273-1280

  Aliashkevich, A F ^a   Kristof, R A ^a,b   Schramm, J ^a   Brechtelsbauer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intervertebral disc surgery; Spinal stenosis surgery; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033452597     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050430     Document Type: Article

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