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Endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a comprehensive review

Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2019
Introduction: Endoscopic spine surgery has been developed as a minimally invasive technique for decompression in patients with lumbar disc herniation or lumbar stenosis.
Y. Ahn, Myung Soo Youn, D. Heo
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Lumbar discography

The Spine Journal, 2003
A comprehensive review of the literature dealing with lumbar discography was conducted.The purpose of the review is to update the North American Spine Society position statement published in 1994 that addressed criticisms of lumbar discography, to identify indications forLumbar discography remains a controversial diagnostic procedure.
Richard D Guyer   +2 more
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Diseases: A Combination of DXA and Hounsfield Units.

Spine, 2019
STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis OBJECTIVE.: To investigate the prevalence of osteoporosis(OP) in patients undergoing lumbar fusion for lumbar degenerative diseases(LDD).
D. Zou   +6 more
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Lumbar lordosis

The Spine Journal, 2014
Lumbar lordosis is a key postural component that has interested both clinicians and researchers for many years. Despite its wide use in assessing postural abnormalities, there remain many unanswered questions regarding lumbar lordosis measurements. Therefore, in this article we reviewed different factors associated with the lordosis angle based on ...
Ella, Been, Leonid, Kalichman
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THE LUMBAR DISC

Medical Journal of Australia, 1975
Some cases of low back pain and sciatica can be due to chemical radiculitis caused by irritant glycoprotein from the nucleus pulposus in contact with the nerve root. The beneficial effects of active and maintenanc f mobilization of the nerve root.
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Lumbar Traction

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 1979
The aim of this article is to present and discuss: 1) types of lumbar traction; 2) effects of lumbar traction; 3) indications and contraindications for lumbar traction; 4) effective lumbar traction techniques. There is a review of important points that have been presented in earlier literature, as well as the introduction of new ideas and concepts.
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Lumbar puncture

Nursing Standard, 2008
This article discusses the need for lumbar puncture, preparation of the patient and equipment necessary for this procedure. The rationale for the intervention is described with a focus on the nursing management before, during and after the procedure.
Farley, Alistair, McLafferty, Ella
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Lumbar paraganglioma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2016
Spinal paragangliomas (SP) are benign and overall rare extra-adrenal neuroendocrine tumors often diagnosed during workup for lower back pain. Complete surgical resection achieves both symptomatic relief and cure. We present a 32-year-old man with a longstanding history of lumbago and bilateral lower extremity pain found to have a lumbar paraganglioma ...
Erika Dillard-Cannon   +5 more
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Lumbar Puncture

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
Lumbar puncture (LP) is a procedural skill that is required for practice in the emergency care setting, most often for diagnostic purposes. Rarely, it can also be used therapeutically, to alleviate the pain of patients presenting to the emergency department with acute headache from idiopathic intracranial hypertension. In either case, LP constitutes an
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Lumbar puncture

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1985
Lumbar puncture has been in widespread clinical use for nearly a century. It is used in emergency medicine primarily as a tool for the diagnosis of meningoencephalitis and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The development of computed tomography has changed the position that lumbar puncture has held in the diagnostic sequence of a number of clinical entities ...
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