Arthroscopic microdiscectomy: An alternative to open disc surgery

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-287

  Kambin, Parviz ^a,e   Savitz, Martin H ^b,c,d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nyack Hospital   (United States)

^c Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern   (United States)

^d Ctr for Pancreatic and Biliary Dis   (United States)

^e ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic microdiscectomy; Endoscopy; Fluoroscopy; Laser; Lumbar spine; Percutaneous discectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ARTHROSCOPY; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034266983     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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