Interlaminar spacer: A review of its mechanism, application, and efficacy

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 617-626

  Lo Jr , Thomas P ^a   Salerno, Simon S ^b   Colohan, Austin R T ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Meridian Surgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Interlaminar spacer; Interspinous device; Low back pain; Neurogenic intermittent claudication; NIC

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

BACKACHE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DEVICE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KINEMATICS; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 79951561021     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.05.038     Document Type: Review

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