Paraspinal-approach transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of lumbar foraminal stenosis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-508

  Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Neo, Masashi ^a   Takemoto, Mitsuru ^a   Ota, Masato ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraminal stenosis; Minimal invasiveness; Paraspinal approach; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR FORAMINAL STENOSIS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957967570     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.SPINE09691     Document Type: Article

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