World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 198-206 , March 2010

Percutaneous endoscopic laser annuloplasty for discogenic low back pain

  • Sang-Ho Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Wooridul Hospital, Seoul 157-822, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2660 7093; fax: +82 2 2660 7095.
    • ,
  • Han Sug Kang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Busan Wooridul Spine Hospital, Busan 607-831, Korea

Received 29 September 2008 ,Accepted 24 January 2009.

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☆ This study was supported by a grant from the Wooridul Spine Foundation.

PII: S0090-3019(09)00150-5

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.01.023

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 198-206 , March 2010

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