An extreme lateral access for the surgery of lumbar disc herniations inside the spinal canal using the full-endoscopic uniportal transforaminal approach-technique and prospective results of 463 patients

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2570-2578

  Ruetten, Sebastian ^a   Komp, Martin ^b   Godolias, Georgios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disc prolapse; Discotomy; Endoscopic nucleotomy; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Transforaminal nucleotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944460370     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000186327.21435.cc     Document Type: Article

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