Radicular compression by lumbar intraspinal epidural gas pseudocyst in association with lateral disc herniation: Role of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-95

  Salpietro, F M ^a   Alafaci, C ^a   Collufio, D ^a   Passalacqua, M ^a   Puglisi, E ^a   Tripodo, E ^a   Di Pietro, G ^a   Tomasello, F ^a   Villani, R ^a   Balbi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cysts; Lumbar disc herniation; Radicular compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOCYST; RADICULOPATHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STANDING; VACUUM PHENOMENON;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CYSTS; EPIDURAL SPACE; GASES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036623949     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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