Learning Curve of Microendoscopic Discectomy for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation;Curva de aprendizaje de la discectomía microendoscópica para el tratamiento de la hernia discal lumbar

Revista Espanola de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 272-279

  Casal Moro, R ^a   Castro Menendez M ^b   del Campo Perez V ^a   Hernandez Blanco M ^a   Jorge Barreiro, F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Hospital de Monforte de Lemos   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Lumbar disc herniation; Microendoscopic discectomy; Minimally invasive spine surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956263126     PISSN: 18884415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.recot.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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