A minimally invasive technique for decompression of the lumbar spin

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 432-438

  Guiot, Bernard H ^a   Khoo, Larry T ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cadavers; Endoscopic decompression; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CADAVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037082585     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200202150-00021     Document Type: Article

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