Minimally invasive far lateral microendoscopic discectomy for extraforaminal disc herniation at the lumbosacral junction: cadaveric dissection and technical case report

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 414-421

  O'Toole, John E ^a   Eichholz, Kurt M ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Extraforaminal; Far lateral; Lumbosacral; Microendoscopic; Minimally invasive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CADAVER; DISKECTOMY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SACRUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447254016     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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