Anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion by endoscopic approach: A preliminary report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Tan, Jiangwei ^a   Zheng, Yanping ^a   Gong, Liangtai ^a   Liu, Xinyu ^a   Li, Jianmin ^a   Du, Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Discectomy; Endoscopic microsurgery; Spinal fusion; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37849050987     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-08/01/017     Document Type: Article

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