Minimally invasive excision of lumbar epidural lipomatosis using a spinal endoscope

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-46

  Sairyo, K ^a,b   Sakai, T ^a   Higashino, K ^a   Hirao, B ^a   Katoh, S ^a   Yasui, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Epidural lipomatosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LEG PAIN; LIPOMATOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AGED; CAUDA EQUINA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CANAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40649121985     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004569     Document Type: Article

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