Microsurgical midline approach for the decompression of extraforaminal stenosis in L5-S1

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 264-270

  Park, Youn Kwan ^a   Kim, Joo Han ^a   Chung, Hung Seob ^a   Suh, Jung Keun ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extraforaminal stenosis; Lumbar spondylosis; Lumbosacral spine; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037381162     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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