Preservation of paraspinal muscle after transmuscular approach using a tubular retractor for lumbar decompression surgery
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the outcome and the rate of paraspinal muscle preservation in patients who received decompression surgery with the transmuscular approach using a tubular retractor as compared to the conventional subperiosteal approach using a Caspar speculum....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751917300397 |