Comparison of surgical outcomes between macro discectomy and micro discectomy for lumbar disc herniation: A prospective randomized study with surgery performed by the same spine surgeon

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 344-347

  Katayama, Yoshito ^a   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^a   Yoshihara, Hisatake ^a   Sakai, Yoshihito ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Nakashima, Shojiro ^a   Ito, Zenya ^a   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Microscopic lumbar disectomy; Partial laminectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROLUMBAR DISCECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747858673     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211201.93125.1c     Document Type: Article

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