Patient outcomes after minimally destabilizing lumbar stenosis decompression: The 'port-hole' technique

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 865-870

  Kleeman, Thomas J ^a   Hiscoe, Anne C ^a   Berg, Eugene E ^a  

^a New Hampshire Neuro Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Laminectomy; Lumbar fusion; Spinal stability; Spinal stenosis; Surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0034003633     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200004010-00016     Document Type: Article

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