Intraoperative measurements of nerve root blood flow during discectomy for lumbar disc herniation

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-90

  Hida, Shinichi ^a   Naito, Masatoshi ^a   Kubo, Masahiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Laser doppler flowmetry; Lumbar disc herniation; Nerve root blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037224437     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200301010-00020     Document Type: Article

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