Endoscopic lumbar discectomy: Experience of first 100 cases

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-190

  Jhala, Amit ^a   Mistry, Manish ^a  

^a Chirayu Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Endoscopic lumbar discectomy; Lumbar discectomy; Microendo system

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950533776     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.62051     Document Type: Article

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