Thoracoscopic resection of symptomatic herniated thoracic discs: Cinical results in 121 patients

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Wait, Scott D ^a   Fox Jr , Douglas J ^b   Kenny, Katherine J ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

endoscopic spine surgery; herniated thoracic disc; thoracic discectomy; thoracoscopic discectomy; thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIATED THORACIC DISK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL DUROTOMY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEURALGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPIC DISCECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655176596     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182147b68     Document Type: Article

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