Endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty success rates for treatment of foraminal spinal stenosis: report on sixty-four cases

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-105

  Haufe, Scott M W ^a,c   Mork, Anthony R ^b,c   Pyne, Morgan A ^c   Baker, Ryan A ^c  

^a Department of Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b Spine Surgery   (United States)

^c MicroSpine   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty; Minimally invasive surgery; Spinal foraminal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC LAMINOFORAMINOPLASTY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FORAMINAL SPINAL STENOSIS; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 63549093814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6.102     Document Type: Article

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