Full-endoscopic cervical posterior foraminotomy for the operation of lateral disc herniations using 5.9-mm endoscopes: A prospective, randomized, controlled study

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 940-948

  Ruetten, Sebastian ^a,c   Komp, Martin ^a   Merk, Harry ^b   Godolias, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical disc herniation; Cervical endoscopic discectomy; Cervical endoscopic nucleotomy; Cervical foraminal stenosis; Cervical posterior foraminotomy; Minimally invasive spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL ENDOSCOPIC CERVICAL POSTERIOR FORAMINOTOMY; GERMAN VERSION NORTH AMERICAN SPINE SOCIETY INSTRUMENT; HILIBRAND CRITERIA; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PAIN; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAS SCALE; ARTHROGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449105381     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816c8b67     Document Type: Article

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