Surgical treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation. Identification of compressed root and discectomy by lateral approach

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1952-1957

  Gioia, Giuseppe ^a,b   Mandelli, Davide ^a   Capaccioni, Bruno ^a   Randelli, Filippo ^a   Tessari, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Extraforaminal hernia; Extraforaminal herniated lumbar disc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033568329     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909150-00015     Document Type: Article

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