Endoscopic transforaminal discectomy for an extruded lumbar disc herniation

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jasper, Gabriele P ^a   Francisco, Gina M ^a   Telfeian, Albert E ^b  

^a Center for Pain Control   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic discectomy; Minimally invasive; TESSYS; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSFORAMINAL DISKECTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISKECTOMY; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY;

EID: 84872817427     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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