Novel retractor for endoscopic and microsurgical spinal interventions

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 190-195

  Freudenstein, Dirk ^a   Duffner, F ^a   Bauer, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Endoscope; Minimally invasive; Retractor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETRACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 4544383148     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818487     Document Type: Article

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