An experimental study of the effects of nerve root retraction on the posterior ramus

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 418-424

  Nagayama, Ryuichi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Yamano, Yoshiki ^a   Yamamoto, Takatsugu ^a   Minato, Yasuyuki ^a   Seki, Masahiko ^a   Konishi, Sadahiko ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fenestration; Nerve root retraction; Paravertebral muscle; Posterior ramus; Scar formation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FENESTRATION; HISTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ANIMALS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RABBITS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033997925     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200002150-00005     Document Type: Article

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