Posterior decompression surgery for extraforaminal entrapment of the fifth lumbar spinal nerve at the lumbosacral junction: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-81

  Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Watanabe, Kota ^a   Ishii, Ken ^a   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Takaishi, Hironari ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extraforaminal stenosis; Failed back surgery; Lumbosacral tunnel; Posterior decompression; Sacral ala

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXTRAFORAMINAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; RADICULOGRAPHY; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCOLIOSIS; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 74549206239     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.SPINE09344     Document Type: Article

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