Tandem keyhole foraminotomy in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy: Retrospective review of 35 cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Terai, Hidetomi ^a   Suzuki, Akinobu ^a   Toyoda, Hiromitsu ^a   Yasuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Kaneda, Kunikazu ^b   Katsutani, Hirofumi ^b   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Shimada Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Keyhole foraminotomy; Microsurgical decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINOTOMY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMINOTOMY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901848063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-9-38     Document Type: Article

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