Percutaneous endoscopic laser discectomy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 475-479

  Boult, Maggi ^a   Fraser, Robert D ^b   Jones, Nigel ^c   Osti, Orso ^d   Dohrmann, Peter ^e   Donnelly, Peter ^f   Liddell, John ^g   Maddern, Guy J ^a,h  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Harley Chambers   (Australia)

^e EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f North Queensland Clinical School   (Australia)

^g ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h ASERNIP S   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Endoscopic surgical techniques; Laser techniques; Percutaneous laser surgery; Review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CADAVER; DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY;

EID: 0033926717     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01892.x     Document Type: Review

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