Anterior thoracic foraminotomy through mini-thoracotomy for the treatment of giant thoracic disc herniations

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Russo, Antonino ^a   Balamurali, G ^a   Nowicki, Robert ^a   Boszczyk, Bronek Maximilian ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Giant thoracic disc herniation; Less invasive surgery; Spinal cord compression; Spinal microsurgery; Transthoracic approach

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FORAMINOTOMY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NEURALGIA; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB GRAFT; SNEEZING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862862754     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2263-6     Document Type: Article

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