Minimally invasive spinal surgery using nucleoplasty and the dekompressor tool: A comparison of two methods in a one year follow-up

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 236-242

  Lemcke, J ^a   Al Zain, F ^a   Mutze, S ^b   Meier, U ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^b Institute of Radiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

disc dekompressor; low back pain; nucleoplasty; outcome; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISC DEKOMPRESSOR; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE NUCLEOTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULAR PAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951486050     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269860     Document Type: Article

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