A preoperative and postoperative study of the accuracy and value of electrodiagnosis in patients with lumbosacral disc herniation

Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 837-842

  Tullberg, Tycho ^a   Svanborg, Eva ^b   Isacsson, Johan ^b   Grane, Per ^b  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electro diagnosis; Lumbar diec harnie; Pc stops native; Preoperalive; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027155152     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199306000-00005     Document Type: Article

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