A multicenter analysis of percutaneous discectomy

Spine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 713-715

  Kahanovitz, Neil ^a   Viola, Kathleen ^a   Goldstein, Theodore ^b   Dawson, Edgar ^b  

^a Anderson Clinic ^*  (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Herniated disc; Percutaneous discectomy; Surgical discectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0025148042     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199007000-00017     Document Type: Article

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