Minimally invasive retropleural approach for central thoracic disc herniation

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Kasliwal, M ^a   Deutsch, H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

central herniation; discectomy; minimally invasive approach; retropleural approach; thoracic disks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROPLEURAL APPROACH; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; THORACIC DISC HERNIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053037870     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1284400     Document Type: Article

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