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Minimally invasive approaches in the treatment of thoracic disk herniation

Mohamad Bydon1, Ziya Gokaslan1

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

World Neurosurgery
|August 8, 2013
PubMed
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Keywords:
MicroendoscopicMinimally invasiveMyelopathyRadiculopathySpine surgeryThoracic disk herniationThoracic diskectomy

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