Thoracoscopic treatment for single level symptomatic thoracic disc herniation: A prospective followed cohort study in a group of 167 consecutive cases

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 637-645

  Quint, Ulrich ^a   Bordon, Gerd ^b   Preissl, Inge ^b   Sanner, Christoph ^b   Rosenthal, Daniel ^b  

^a St Marien Hospital Hamm   (Germany)

^b Hochtaunus Kliniken   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microsurgical endoscopy; Thoracic disc herniation; Thoracic spine; Thoracoscopic spine surgery; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER TEAR; DURAL LEAKAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLEURISY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSITORY INTERCOSTAL NEURALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862892014     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-2103-0     Document Type: Article

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