Keyhole approach for posterior cervical discectomy: Experience on 84 patients

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-11

  Caglar Y S ^a   Bozkurt, M ^a   Kahilogullari, G ^a   Tuna, H ^a   Bakir, A ^b   Torun, F ^a   Ugur, H C ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA MEVKI MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical radiculopathy; Disc herniation; Keyhole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547602068     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-970138     Document Type: Article

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