Posterior decompression of far-out foraminal stenosis caused by a lumbosacral transitional vertebra

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-156

  Miyoshi, Yasuyuki ^a   Yasuhara, Takao ^a   Date, Isao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Far out syndrome; Posterior decompression; Radiculography; Radiculopathy; Transitional vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FAR OUT FORAMINAL STENOSIS; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOGRAPHY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 79952121978     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.51.153     Document Type: Article

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