Radiographic changes after lumbar discectomy: Sequential enhanced computed tomography in relation to clinical observations

Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 843-850

  Tullberg, Tycho ^a   Rydberg, Jonas ^b   Isacsson, Johan ^c  

^a Departments of Orthopaedics   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced; Ct; Lumbar disc hernia; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCAR FORMATION;

ADULT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027194884     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199306000-00006     Document Type: Article

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