Lumbar synovial cysts: A review of diagnosis, surgical management, and outcome assessment

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-325

  Epstein, Nancy E ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Long Island Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lumbar synovial cysts; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR STENOSIS; LUMBAR SYNOVIAL CYST; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL CYST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ARTICLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNOVIAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043059407     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000096267.75190.eb     Document Type: Review

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