Minimally invasive endoscopic bilateral decompression with a unilateral approach (endo-BiDUA) for elderly patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Wada, K ^a   Sairyo, K ^a   Sakai, T ^a   Yasui, N ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral decompression; Endoscopic surgery; Lumbar stenosis; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953677480     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247559     Document Type: Article

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