Letter to the editor

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 95-96

  Härtl, Roger ^a  

^a Box 99 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD;

DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCIATICA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77956710763     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1263198     Document Type: Letter

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