Review of safety in endoscopic laser foraminoplasty for the management of back pain

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-157

  Knight, Martin T N ^a,b   Ellison, Darren R ^c   Goswami, Anukul ^a,b   Hillier, Valerie F ^c  

^a Arbury Consulting Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENDOSCOPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENDOSCOPIC LASER FORAMINOPLASTY;

LASER SURGERY;

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034947542     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10445470152927982     Document Type: Article

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