Nerve root signs on postoperative lumbar MR imaging. A prospective cohort study with contrast enhanced MRI in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients one year after microdiscectomy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 619-623

  Nygaard, Øystein P ^b   Jacobsen, E A ^c   Solberg, T ^c   Kloster, R ^c   Dullerud, R ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Lumbar microdiscectomy; Lumbar nerve root; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0011395714     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050351     Document Type: Article

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