Minimally invasive microscopically assisted lumbar discectomy using the METRx X-Tube system

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 554-559

  Kunert, Przemysław ^a   Kowalczyk, Paweł ^a   Marchel, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Microdiscectomy; Minimally invasive spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; METRX X TUBE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADICULAR PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETRACTOR; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78651233354     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: 18974260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3843(14)60152-3     Document Type: Article

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