Surgical management of multiple thoracic disc herniations via a transfacet approach: A report of 15 cases - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Arnold, Paul M ^a   Johnson, Philip L ^b   Anderson, Karen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Modified transfacet approach; Multilevel disc herniation; Multiple thoracic disc herniation; Noncontiguous disc herniation; Posterior fixation and fusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959930508     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.3.SPINE10642     Document Type: Article

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