Interlaminar approach for excision of lateral lumbar disc herniation: Technical note

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Pal, Debasish ^a,b   Tyagi, Atul Kumar ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interlaminar; Lateral disc herniation; Lumbar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644847434     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000200097.83150.2c     Document Type: Article

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