Removal of a discal cyst using a percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar approach: A case report

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-369

  Kim, Jin Sung ^a   Choi, Gun ^a   Jin, Sang Ryul ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORTS; CLINICAL OUTCOMES; HO:YAG LASERS; INTERLAMINAR;

HOLMIUM;

TUMORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; DECOMPRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK CYST; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC INTERLAMINAR APPROACH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 65349188098     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2279     Document Type: Article

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