A new endoscopic technique to decompress lumbar nerve roots affected by spondylolysis. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 290-293

  Sairyo, Koichi ^a   Katoh, Shinsuke ^a,b   Sakamaki, Tadanori ^a   Komatsubara, Shinji ^a   Yasui, Natsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decompression; Endoscope; Lumbar spine; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037379898     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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