The Mini-Open transpedicular thoracic discectomy: Surgical technique and assessment

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Chi, John H ^a   Dhall, Sanjay S ^b,c   Kanter, Adam S ^d   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Outcomes; Thoracic disc; Transpedicular discectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 56649100331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/8/E5     Document Type: Article

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