Transforaminal Endoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Lateral Recess Stenosis: An Advanced Surgical Technique and

Yong Ahn1, Han Joong Keum2, Sang-Gu Lee1

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.

World Neurosurgery
|February 15, 2019
PubMed
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