Microscopically assisted percutaneous nucleotomy, an alternative minimally invasive procedure for the operative treatment of lumbar disc herniation: Preliminary results

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-227

  Greiner Perth, Ralph ^a   Böhm, Heinrich ^a   El Saghir, Hesham ^a  

^a ZENTRALKLINIK BAD BERKA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Lumbar disc herniation; Percutaneous; Working channel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS NUCLEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; SCIATICA; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036937818     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-002-0220-2     Document Type: Article

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