Complications, outcomes, and need for fusion after minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy and microdiscectomy

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2405-2411

  Skovrlj, Branko ^a   Gologorsky, Yakov ^a   Haque, Raqeeb ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^b   Qureshi, Sheeraz A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent level disease; Anterior cervical fusion; Complications; Microdiscectomy; Outcome scores; Posterior cervical foraminotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; POSTERIOR CERVICAL FORAMINOTOMY; POSTERIOR CERVICAL MICRODISCECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908161307     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.01.048     Document Type: Article

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