Reducing the extent of facetectomy may decrease morbidity in failed back surgery syndrome
Reducing the extent of facetectomy may decrease morbidity in failed back surgery syndrome
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Li, Jingchi , Zhang, Xiaoyu , Xu, Wenqiang , Xi, Zhipeng and Xie, Lin
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is widely used for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Facetectomy in PTED is necessary for accessing the intraspinal region and for decompressing the exiting nerve roots in patients who suffer from hypertrophy of the facet joints. However, this may increase morbidity in failed back surg...
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Reducing the extent of facetectomy may decrease morbidity in failed back surgery syndrome
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8116a7b174cd41bb8d3e8a71b5d48587
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8116a7b174cd41bb8d3e8a71b5d48587
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1471-2474
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1471-2474
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10.1186/s12891-019-2751-5
