Restoration of the Spinous Process Following Muscle-Preserving Posterior Lumbar Decompression via Sagittal Splitting of the Spinous Process.

Conclusions: We found that the single-level operation and partial splitting of the spinous process were favourable factors for obtaining complete restoration of the posterior bony structure of the lumbar spine in spinous process-splitting decompression. PMID: 30838113 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30838113?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - March 7, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Orthop Surg Source Type: research

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