Modified cervical laminoforaminotomy based on anatomic landmarks reduces need for bony removal

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-42

  Gadelha Figueiredo, E ^a   Castillo De La Cruz, M ^a   Theodore, N ^a   Deshmukh, P ^a   Preul, Mark C ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical laminoforaminotomy; Cervical pedicle; Facet joint; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; FLUOROSCOPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NERVE ROOT; RADICULOPATHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33645658290     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932146     Document Type: Article

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