A paramedian tangential approach to lumbosacral extraforaminal disc herniations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 854-861

  Müller, Adolf ^a   Reulen, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extraforaminal disc herniation; Lumbar disc; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SACRUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345451012     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199810000-00077     Document Type: Article

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