Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Review

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-30

  Goupille, Philippe ^a,b,c   Mulleman, Denis ^a,b   Mammou, Saloua ^b   Griffoul, Isabelle ^a,b   Valat, Jean Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c the French Society of Rheumatology   (France)

Author keywords

disc herniation; laser; nucleotomy; review; wavelength

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBASE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS LASER DISC DECOMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34447630297     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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