Para-muscular and trans-muscular approaches to the lumbar inter-vertebral foramen: An anatomical comparison

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-49

  Poetscher, Arthur Werner ^a,b   Carvalhal Ribas, Guilherme ^a   Yasuda, Alexandre ^a   Nishikuni, Koshiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Intervertebral disc displacement; Low back pain; Lumbar vertebrae; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; SPINE INSTABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 17444362209     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2005000100009     Document Type: Article

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