Failure of percutaneous remodeling of the ligamentum flavum and lamina for neurogenic claudication

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-91

  Wilkinson, Jeffrey S ^a   Fourney, Daryl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lumbar spinal stenosis; Mild; Minimal access; Minimally invasive; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS REMODELING OF THE LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM AND LAMINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SHORT FORM 12; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862852917     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31825356f5     Document Type: Article

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