Long-term results of microsurgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis by unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1264-1269

  Oertel, Markus F ^a   Ryang, Yu Mi ^a   Korinth, Marcus C ^a   Gilsbach, Joachim M ^a   Rohde, Veit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral decompression; Laminotomy; Long term outcome; Lumbar spine; Spinal canal stenosis; Unilateral approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; RESTENOSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL LAMINOTOMY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845636413     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000245616.32226.58     Document Type: Article

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