Ho: Yag laser-assisted lumbar disc decompression: A minimally invasive procedure under local anesthesia

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-38

  Agarwal, S ^a   Bhagwat, Abhijit S ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc prolaps; Laser discectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HOLMIUM; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; STEROID;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0042805144     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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