Thoracic Microendoscopic Discectomy

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-446

  Eichholz, Kurt M ^a   O'Toole, John E ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MICROSURGERY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33748922438     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2006.06.011     Document Type: Review

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