A novel minimally invasive percutaneous facet augmentation device for the treatment of lumbar radiculopathy and axial back pain: Technical description, surgical technique and case presentations

Coluna/ Columna

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-91

  Khoo, Larry T ^a,b,c   Chen, Nan Fu ^a   Armin, Sean ^a   Stiner, Eric ^a   Dipp, Juan ^a   Flores, Ricardo ^a   Palmer, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^c Department of Neurological Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain surgery; Orthopedics procedures methods; Radiculopathy; Spinal fusion instrumentation methods; Surgical procedures, minimally invasive instrumentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650133528     PISSN: 18081851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1808-18512009000100016     Document Type: Article

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