Minimally invasive transforaminal, thoracic microscopic discectomy: Technical report and preliminary results and complications

Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 570-576

  Regev, Gilad J ^a,b   Salame, Khalil ^a,b   Behrbalk, Eyal ^a,b   Keynan, Ory ^a,b   Lidar, Zvi ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Thoracic discectomy; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMAPIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TRANSFORAMINAL THORACIC DISCECTOMY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84866128849     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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