Comparison of unilateral hemilaminotomy and bilateral hemilaminotomy according to dural sac area in lumbar spinal stenosis

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 60-64

  Dalgic, A ^a   Uckun, O ^a   Ergungor, M F ^a   Okay, O ^a   Daglioglu, E ^a   Hatipoglu, G ^a   Pasaoglu, L ^a   Caglar, Y S ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral hemilaminotomy; Dural sac area; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Unilateral hemilaminotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BILATERAL HEMILAMINOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURAL SAC AREA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROLO SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNILATERAL HEMILAMINOTOMY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953656262     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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