Efficacy of novel minimally invasive surgery using spinal microendoscope for treating extraforaminal stenosis at the lumbosacral junction

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshida, Munehito ^a   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Minamide, Akihito ^a   Nakagawa, Yukihiro ^a   Kawai, Masaki ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Tsutsui, Syunji ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

extraforaminal stenosis; lumbar spine; spinal microendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EXTRAFORAMINAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORING SYSTEM; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORTH AMERICAN SPINE SOCIETY LOW BACK OUTCOME INSTRUMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MICROENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84864280221     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3182206dd3     Document Type: Article

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