Microendoscopic lumbar discectomy: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 129-136

  Perez Cruet, Mick J ^a   Foley, Kevin T ^b   Isaacs, Robert E ^a   Rice Wyllie, Lauri ^a   Wellington, Robin ^a   Smith, Maurice M ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^a,c  

^a Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

^b SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Endoscope; Herniated disc; Lumbar; Microendoscopic; Minimally invasive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036870138     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200211002-00018     Document Type: Article

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