Bilateral spinal decompression of lumbar central stenosis with the full-endoscopic interlaminar versus microsurgical laminotomy technique: A prospective, randomized, controlled study

Pain Physician

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-70

  Komp, Martin ^a   Hahn, Patrick ^a   Oezdemir, Semih ^a   Giannakopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Heikenfeld, Roderich ^a   Kasch, Richard ^b   Merk, Harry ^b   Godolias, Georgios ^a   Ruetten, Sebastian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central stenosis; Endoscopic spinal decompression; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Spinal decompression; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOOT DORSIFLEXION PARESIS; FULL ENDOSCOPIC INTERLAMINAR TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGICAL LAMINOTOMY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; URINE RETENTION; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923063755     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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