Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Management of Lumbar Disc Herniation

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-372

  Yeung, Anthony T ^a,b   Yeung, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a Arizona Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOPAPAIN;

DISKOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH;

DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34447262054     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2007.04.005     Document Type: Review

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