Lumbar synovial cysts of the spine: An evaluation of surgical outcome

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Khan, Amir M ^a,b   Synnot, Keith ^a   Cammisa, Frank P ^a   Girardi, Federico P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar; Operative outcome; Spondylolisthesis; Synovial cysts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMORRHAGIC CYST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SYNOVIAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 17044438698     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000156830.68431.70     Document Type: Article

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