Minimally invasive approach to far lateral lumbar disc herniation: Technique and clinical results

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Salame, Khalil ^a   Lidar, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Far lateral; Lumbar disc; Minimally invasive; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DILATATION; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77953020234     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0519-7     Document Type: Article

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