Spinous process splitting laminectomy for lumbar canal stenosis: A critical appraisal

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 204-207

  Lee, D Y ^a   Lee, S H ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laminectomy; Lumbar; Spinal stenosis; Spinous process splitting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849136820     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1073137     Document Type: Article

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