Thoracoscopic microdiscectomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Oskouian Jr , Rod J ^a   Johnson, J Patrick ^b   Regan, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Endoscopy; Thoracic spine; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC SPINE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOSCOPE; VERTEBRA;

DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPES;

EID: 0036363719     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200201000-00018     Document Type: Review

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