Microendoscopic lumbar discectomy: Technique and results of 188 cases
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Lumbar microdiscectomy and microendoscopic discectomy.
Lumbar microdiscectomy, which relies on the operating microscope for visualization, was first described in the late 1970s. This operation is considered the gold standard procedure for patients who require surgery for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation causing radiculopathy that has not improved with conservative measures. A new approach to the management of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0019-5413
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.152551