The current state of endoscopic disc surgery: Review of controlled studies comparing full-endoscopic procedures for disc herniations to standard procedures

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-344

  Birkenmaier, Christof ^a   Komp, Martin ^b   Leu, Hansjörg F ^c   Wegener, Bernd ^a   Ruetten, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c Bethania Spine Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical; Disc herniation; Endoscopic; Endoscopy; Lumbar; Neuropathic pain; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FULL ENDOSCOPIC DISK SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDLINE; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880633874     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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