Clinical and radiological outcomes of endoscopic partial facetectomy for degenerative lumbar foraminal stenosis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1129-1135

  Youn, Myung Soo ^a   Shin, Jong Ki ^b   Goh, Tae Sik ^b   Lee, Jung Sub ^b  

^a Myung Eun Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Degenerative; Endoscopic; Facetectomy; Foraminal stenosis; Lumbar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COBB ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR FORAMINAL STENOSIS; DISCECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC PARTIAL FACETECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SHORT FORM 36; STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 85018848242     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-017-3186-0     Document Type: Article

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