Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy and Foraminotomy

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-466

  Christie, Sean D ^a   Song, John K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MICROSURGERY; SPINAL CANAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33749018534     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2006.06.001     Document Type: Review

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