Minimally invasive exposure techniques in spine surgery

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-213

  Poelstra, Kornelis A ^a   Tannoury, Chadi ^a   Srinivasan, Swetha ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guidance; Interbody fusion; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Percutaneous instrumentation; Spine decompression; Tubular dilator; Tubular retractor

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MICROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33646919831     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000223528.19277.9f     Document Type: Review

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