Bilateral interlaminar fenestration and unroofing for the decompression of nerve roots by using a unilateral approach in lumbar canal stenosis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-492

  Iwatsuki, Koichi ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a   Aoki, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Medial facetectomy; Spinal canal stenosis; Unilateral approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348991593     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.12.044     Document Type: Article

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