Microsurgical treatment of juxta facet cysts of the lumbar spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Deinsberger, Robert ^a,b   Kinn, Elisabeth ^a   Ungersböck, Karl ^a  

^a Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Juxta facet cysts; Lumbar spine; Microsurgery; Minimal invasive; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JUXTA FACET CYST; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPINAL DISEASES; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746490735     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000188660.31212.83     Document Type: Article

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