Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser-assisted microdiscectomy for extraforaminal lumbar disc herniation at the L5-S1 level

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 531-535

  Lee, Dong Yeob ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK PAIN; CLINICAL OUTCOME; LASER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION; MEAN AGES; REVISION SURGERY; SURGICAL OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

HEALTH; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; SURGERY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LASERS, GAS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961082564     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2954     Document Type: Article

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