Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy for adolescent lumbar disc herniation: Surgical outcomes in 46 consecutive patients

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 864-870

  Lee, Dong Yeob ^a   Ahn, Yong ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Disc herniation; Lumbar; Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSESTHESIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751117977     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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