Clinical outcomes of microendoscopic foraminotomy and decompression in the cervical spine

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 422-427

  Lawton, Cort D ^a   Smith, Zachary A ^a   Lam, Sandi K ^b   Habib, Ali ^a   Wong, Ricky H M ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminotomy; Microendoscopic; Microendoscopic decompression; Microendoscopic diskectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CERVICAL MICROENDOSCOPIC DISKECTOMY; CERVICAL MICROENDOSCOPIC FORAMINOTOMY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DURATOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINAL STENOSIS; FORAMINOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE FOR THE ARM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE FOR THE NECK;

FORAMINOTOMY; MICROENDOSCOPIC; MICROENDOSCOPIC DECOMPRESSION; MICROENDOSCOPIC DISKECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896394422     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.12.008     Document Type: Review

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