Posterior endoscopic surgery for lumbar disc herniation with contralateral symptoms - A report of two cases

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 282-285

  Nakagawa, Yukihiro ^a   Yoshida, M ^a   Kawakami, M ^a   Ando, M ^a   Hashizume, H ^a   Minamide, A ^a   Maio, K ^a   Enyo, Y ^a   Okada, M ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contralateral symptoms; Lumbar disc herniation; Minimally invasive surgery; Posterior endoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33845937475     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950392     Document Type: Article

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