Percutaneous laser disk decompression: A review of the literature

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 232-235

  Schenk, B ^a   Brouwer, P A ^a   Peul, W C ^a   Van Buchem, M A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; ISCHIALGIA; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY;

DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY;

EID: 33644850451     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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