Posterior microendoscopic surgical approach for the degenerative cervical spine

Neurological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-21

  Yuguchi, Takamichi ^a   Nishio, Masami ^a   Akiyama, Chihiro ^a   Ito, Mamoru ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Endoscopy; Foraminotomy; Posterior approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037238098     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164103101201058     Document Type: Article

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