Learning curve for percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 383-388

  Lee, Dong Yeob ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disk herniation; Learning curve; Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC LUMBAR DISKECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649089235     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.383     Document Type: Article

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