Reoperation for herniated thoracic discs

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 157-162

  Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Rosenthal, Daniel ^b   Regan, John J ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Discectomy; Thoracic spine; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033493150     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.1999.91.2.0157     Document Type: Article

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