Microsurgical approach to lumbar synovial cysts: Technical notes

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-36

  Cipri, S ^a   Cafarelli, F ^b   Ielo, A ^a   Gambardella, G ^a  

^a Bianchi Melacrino Morelli Hospitals ^*  (Italy)

^b Bianchi Melacrino Morelli Hospitals   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cysts; Microsurgery; Spinal instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT MOBILITY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3142710865     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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