Minimally invasive endoscopic removal of a herniated nucleus pulposus that had migrated to the S1 nerve root foramen

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-177

  Tonogai, I ^a   Sairyo, K ^a,b   Higashino, K ^a   Sakai, T ^a   Katoh, S ^a   Yasui, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Migrated HNP; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN INCISION;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35148886204     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-982510     Document Type: Article

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