Minimally invasive posterior cervical discectomy for cervical radiculopathy: Technique and clinical results

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 521-524

  Lidar, Zvi ^a   Salame, Khalil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Posterior cervical discectomy; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82355165016     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31820679e3     Document Type: Article

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