Prospective evaluation of a 3-blade speculum cannula for minimally invasive lumbar microdiscectomy

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-261

  Chin, Kingsley R ^a,b   Michener, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Cannula; Endoscopic; Microdiscectomy; Minimally invasive; Percutaneous; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; REOPERATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; DISKECTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746543209     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000203272.12875.e4     Document Type: Article

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