Magnetic resonance-guided percutaneous laser disk decompression for lumbar disk herniation-relationship between clinical results and location of needle tip

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-163

  Ishiwata, Yusuke ^a,b,c   Takada, Hiroto ^a,b,c   Gondo, Gakuji ^a,b,c   Osano, Seiki ^a,b,c   Hashimoto, Takuo ^a,b,c   Yamamoto, Isao ^a,b,c  

^a SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interventional MR imaging; Lumbar disk herniation; Nd:YAG; PLDD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LASER; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADICULOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447643261     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.058     Document Type: Article

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