Balloon-assisted endoscopic retroperitoneal gasless approach (BERG) for lumbar interbody fusion: Is it a valid alternative to the laparoscopic approach?

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 150-154

  Gazzeri, R ^a,d   Tamorri, M ^b   Galarza, M ^c   Faiola, A ^b   Gazzeri, G ^b  

^a SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar spinal fusion; Balloon assisted retroperitoneal gasless approach; Lumbar disc; Spinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148873610     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985144     Document Type: Article

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