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Surgical Approach to Lumbar Disc Herniations

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Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery

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The results of the operative treatment of lumbar disc prolapses depend not only upon operative technique and skill, the degree of radicular impairment and other facets of the patient’s condition but also upon the correct selection of cases for surgery.

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  1. Neurosurgical University Clinic of the Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Loew & W. Caspar

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  3. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, D-6650, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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  6. Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Clinique Neuro-Chirurgicale, Université de Paris, 83, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, F-75, Paris 13e, France

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Loew, F., Caspar, W. (1978). Surgical Approach to Lumbar Disc Herniations. In: Krayenbühl, H., et al. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, vol 5. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7062-5_5

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