Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy in obese patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 539-544

  Cole IV, John S ^a,b   Jackson, Thad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MS 108A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34548822979     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000290900.23190.C9     Document Type: Article

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