Exposure of two interspaces for lumbar disc surgery
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 42 (1) , 59-60
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1975.42.1.0059
Abstract
In a study of matched pairs of patients with a single ruptured disc, exploration of an additional lumbar interspace did not increase the morbidity of surgery. The author believes that the desire to avoid additional surgery does not, by itself, justify routine myelography.Keywords
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