A meta-analysis of cervical foraminotomy: Open versus minimally-invasive techniques

Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 849-856

  McAnany, Steven J ^a   Kim, Jun S ^a   Overley, Samuel C ^a   Baird, Evan O ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^b   Qureshi, Sheeraz A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Endoscopic foraminotomy; Meta analysis; Minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy; Open posterior cervical foraminotomy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; OPEN SURGICAL APPROACH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CERVICAL FORAMINOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMANS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930584833     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.01.021     Document Type: Article

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