Surgical treatment for lumbar lateral recess stenosis with the full-endoscopic interlaminar approach versus conventional microsurgical technique: A prospective, randomized, controlled study - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 476-485

  Ruetten, Sebastian ^a,c   Komp, Martin ^a   Merk, Harry ^b   Godolias, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic spinal decompression; Lateral recess stenosis; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Neurogenic claudication; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR LATERAL RECESS STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 66449111607     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.7.17634     Document Type: Article

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