Eccentric compression of the spinal canal causing dominantly contralateral-side symptoms

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 174-177

  Mirovsky, Y ^a   Halperin, N ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disk hernia; Neurologic deficit; Sciatic pain; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034586240     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-200004000-00014     Document Type: Article

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