Surgical treatment of thoracic disc herniations via tailored posterior approaches

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1684-1690

  Börm, Wolfgang ^a   Bazner U ^c   Konig R W ^c   Kretschmer, T ^b   Antoniadis, G ^c   Kandenwein, J ^c,d  

^a Diakonissenhospital   (Germany)

^b Evangelisches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costotransversectomy; Posterolateral approach; Thoracic disc herniation; Thoracoscopic discectomy; Transthoracic approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COSTOTRANSVERSECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINOTOMY; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPHYTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC DISK HERNIATION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CALCINOSIS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855205488     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1821-7     Document Type: Article

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