Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-476

  Tredway, Trent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; DECOMPRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33748940945     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2006.06.003     Document Type: Review

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