Percutaneous laser disc decompression: Clinical experience at SCTIMST and long term follow up

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-167

  Gupta, Arun ^a   Bodhey, Narendra ^a   Jayasree, R ^a   Kapilamoorthy, T R K ^a   Kesavadas, C ^a   Krishnamoorthy, T ^a   Thomas, Bejoy ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Disc ablation; Disc herniation; Nd:YAG laser; PLDD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LASER; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTORCYCLE; MUSCLE SPASM; NEODYMIUM LASER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS LASER DISK DECOMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745763914     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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