Discal cysts of the lumbar spine: Report of five cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-89

  Nabeta, Masaharu ^a,b   Yoshimoto, Hisashi ^a   Sato, Shigenobu ^a   Hyakumachi, Takahiko ^a   Yanagibashi, Yasushi ^a   Masuda, Takeshi ^a  

^a Eniwa Hospital   (Japan)

^b Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discal cyst; Lumbar disc herniation; Lumbar spine; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DISKAL CYST; DISKOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; CASE REPORT; CYST; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; CYSTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 85047698041     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.1.17     Document Type: Article

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