Unilateral partial hemilaminectomy for disc removal in a 1-year-old child: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-135

  Benifla, Mony ^a   Melamed, Igor ^a   Barrelly, Revital ^a   Aloushin, Andrey ^a   Shelef, Ilan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Partial hemilaminectomy; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SACRUM;

EID: 48749122631     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/8/133     Document Type: Article

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