Interspinous Spacers as Treatment for Lumbar Stenosis

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Sobottke, Rolf ^a   Siewe, Jan ^a   Kaulhausen, Thomas ^a   Otto, Christina ^a   Eysel, Peer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interspinous ligament; Interspinous process decompression; Interspinous process device; Interspinous spacer; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Thoracolumbar posterior ligament complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORTICAL THICKNESS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERSPINOUS SPACER; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MATERIAL STATE; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79951707702     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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